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Most people enjoy a nice glass of wine every now and then, whether it’s purchased with dinner at a restaurant or enjoyed in the comfort of one’s own home. Most people settle on one or two favorite wines and always buy the same wine, Even though there are hundreds of different kinds of wines being produced and sold. For many people, the intimidation factor keeps them from straying too far from what they already know.

When you go into a fancy restaurant, you are often presented with a wine list. The wine list contains a number of different varieties of wine, some red, some white. There may even be the same variety produced by several different wineries being offered at substantially different prices. Does that mean that the most expensive option is always better? What’s the difference between a cabernet and a cabernet blend? Which years are good vintage years? Whichever wine you end up choosing, you just hope the waiter doesn’t sneer at your selection, especially if you are on a date and are trying to make a good impression.

Choosing a wine, especially in a public setting, can be intimidating for the novice, there’s no question about it, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it all out. It just takes a little preparation. The best way to learn enough to improve your comfort level in these situations is to buy a book and start reading. Wine for Dummies is good wine knowledge starter book, and for most contains more than enough information to make you look like an expert to friends. It discusses the different kinds of wine, the effect of the weather from different years on a wine’s quality, which wine goes with which foods, and even how to properly pronounce the names of the various wine varieties. If you read a few pages in the evening as you sip a glass of your favorite wine by the fireplace, you’ll be up to speed in no time.

If reading is not for you, then there are other options, you can buy a set of wine trivia cards, and quiz yourself until you know all the answers to any question that a snobby waiter is likely to ask about your wine selection. Trivia cards can be used as an individual learning tool, or as a evening activity for a group that is both educational and fun.

However, you choose to learn, a little knowledge about wine will only enhance your enjoyment of the grape and just might open up a few more options than whatever the latest fad happens to be be.