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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
Potential serious blunder question.
You all know how they have the mini alcohol bottles, they have maybe an ounce in them. Do any of the good wine producers also make such tiny bottles? If so any idea where to locate good selection or what they would be called?
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You will find 375ml bottles (half bottles) at most wine shops and whole foods. As to getting in to wine what characteristics have you liked in wine you have tasted so far? Do you like a wine that represents its terroir (old world), a fruit forward wine (new world), or is there something else you are looking for? If you want to learn about tasting wine and do not have the time to visit winery after winery Educating Peter (Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers) by Lettie Teague (wine editor for Food & Wine) should give you some insights.
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Originally Posted by Joe King
Much of what you taste in a whine is the earth that it is grown in. Around Bordeaux the earth is clay. You cannot duplicate this taste anywhere else. Buying some Bordeaux from your local wine shop does not do it justice. You must go there young man!
Italy, Californa, and other regions in France can all produce excellent wines but Bordeaux is at least one notch above everywhere else. 
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So you are saying everyone that collects Bordeaux wine in the US is getting second rate Bordeaux? That it is at its best when you drink it in Bordeaux? Must you wait the 20+ years it takes a premium Bordeaux to age in Bordeaux too?
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Originally Posted by Tango
My wife - I mean wine of choice 
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Chile and Argentina are making some great wines these days.
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Originally Posted by GetNaughty
Wine gives me a terrible headache.
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You may have a sulfite allergy that is causing the headache. This occurs naturally in making most wines but it can also be added to preserve the wine. If you are an asthma sufferer it could be more prominent.