What do you know about wine?  This month, we're featuring Restaurant Wine Tips.

Thanks to http://pomegranate.stores.yahoo.net/h107.html, here is expert, well-written commentary on all aspects of wine presented in question and answer (Q&A) format so you can test your knowledge.  The Q&As address selection and storage, viticulture concepts, terminology, varietals, wine-producing regions, and more.  Author Jeff Burkhart is a popular columnist and award-winning bartender who has written several decks of Pomegranate's Poplular Knowledge Cards(r), including Hey Bartender!,  Name Your Poison!, and What's on Tap?  Pomegrante's calendar includes a pronunciation guide for selected wines and terms, yearly grids for later years, and pages for notes.  Each month, we will offer two tips to enable you to test your wine knowledge.  Answers will be provided to enhance your progress.

Wine Savvy Tips:     

1.  What is Claret?  It is the term the English use to refer to red Bordeaux wines.

2.  Is the movie, Sideways, which wine is the favorite of the Paul Giamatti character, Miles?  Which grape varietal does he detest?

     His favorite is Pinot Noir, and its most famous example, Red Burgundy.  He detets Merlot.