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The world of wine can be intimidating, so you have to go into it with a few rules, and David LeClaire, the sommelier at The Tasting Room in Seattle, has some advice, including:

1. There's no such thing as peanut greg-io. Learn how to pronounce the big names, or you're going to sound like a big geek. You don't need to know everything - and it's OK to stumble on the obscure French boutiques - but do yourself a favor and take "Gewurztraminer" out for a spin before your big date.

7. Move over, Scrooge McDuck. More expensive wine is not always better, especially in the store (bottom-shelf shoppers, rejoice!). But, since a bottle of wine in a restaurant is marked up, by up to three times its retail price (four times for wines by the glass), the cheapest bottle you'll want to buy in a restaurant is $30, says LeClaire. If you're watching pennies, go for wines from Spain, Chile, Argentina or Australia - they're good and half the price.

I am really getting into flickr at the moment not only with admiring the excellent photos people have uploaded to the slashfood group but also with the commenting on the foodography challenge too.

Now there is another group for the wine lover in us all - Vino Voyeur.

This is a group for attaching your wine storage photos too. A bit obscure I admit but as the name suggests seeing others kitchens, cellars, wine racks and empties holds a strange fascination and obviously not just for me!

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