Review of Wine for the Confused (2004) by Gabriel Z — 16 Aug 2009

Tactful, thorough, approachable explanations of all the basics in enjoying wine. Trusting your palate, the 3 major grapes from each color, simple explanation of the crush, ferment, and barreling, plus cool interviews and footage of a tasting party and a wine dinner. Cleese gets lots of cool winemakers from north of Santa Barbara to participate, plus vintners, chefs, sommeliers, and retailers. He even goes over shopping, storing, and serving basics, all in about an hour.

If you're already pretty hip to wine, it won't tell you much you don't already know, but watching Cleese is fun. And if you tend to answer wine questions for friends with any frequency, his tact and vocabulary set great examples for how to handle them.