Andrea Immer's Wine Buying Guide for Everyone

Immer (Great Wine Made Simple, etc.) dispenses more smart, friendly advice on buying wine in this latest installment of her popular series of guides. What's new for 2005? The price of California wine is declining (thanks to a soft economy and a glut of grapes) and the two-buck Chuck is exploding into a national phenomenon, much to many wine aficionados' dismay. For the democratic Immer, however, the news is all good. As she explains,""the closer wine gets to an everyday price (meaning somewhat comparable to beer), the more likely consumers are to treat it as an everyday beverage""--which is just what she's always believed it should be anyway.