Pick, Pour, and Taste Wine Like a Pro

Do you hide when the waiter approaches with the 20-page, leather-bound wine menu? Have trouble telling a viognier from a chardonnay, a sangiovese from a syrah? Enjoying a bottle of wine with friends and family is nothing if not relaxing and fun. But share a few bottles of the high-priced stuff with a handful of business colleagues, and things get complicated — and tense — awful fast for non-sommeliers.

But relax. We know that every aspect of wine can be intimidating, from ordering to pouring to simply talking about it. That's why we've served up a special BNET Crash Course on wine, which aims to take the anxiety out of a big meal with your boss, a beginner's list of wine varieties, so you can begin to talk the talk, and a video about how to order wine at a business lunch, so you can stop fretting over the details and start impressing that important client or colleague.