Regardless of whether you’re a wine snob and refuse to drink from a bottle with a screw cap, or could care less and happily swig from a box, here are 10 wine apps of 2010 that will help you better understand this refined libation »

Want to learn more about wine? You could do a lot worse than starting here. WineWise is an up-to-date, consumer-friendly, introductory to medium-level wine book - suitable for the wine novice, to lend to your vinicurious friends, to settle dinner party arguments or to expand your own wine knowledge.

Terry Theise, an importer and aficionado of artisan wines, is based in the USA and has written an engaging book on a subject he loves – European wines – especially those from Germany, Austria and Champagne, often made by small dedicated producers »

An Ideal Wine is an engaging book on the emergence and growth of the Californian wine industry from the 1970s on, principally through the eyes of Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon fame »

Professional US winemaker Alison Crowe shares her knowledge generously and simply in this small volume that promises answers to every question and solutions to every winemaking problem, on hand 24/7 »

Barbera is the world's sixth most widely planted red wine variety and depending on the age of the vines and the amount of oak aging, barbera can be light and tart, or hearty and robust »