This infographic illustrates the facts and figures of wine production and consumption around the world. Enjoy your future of swirling, sniffing, and sipping.

Pairing wine with food doesn’t have to be complicated. Pair any dish to a perfect wine with this handy chart.

Besides the enjoyment, there are health benefits to drinking booze. For instance, red wine that is high in tannin contains procyanidins which protect against heart disease. Beer is a significant source of dietary silicon which improves bone density and reduces the risk of osteoporosis. This infographic gives us a closer look at some of the health benefits of drinking, and the actual calories in wine vs. beer.

Wine Enthusiast Magazine tasted 15,500+ wines, and they’ve got the stats to prove it. Check out the highlights below to learn more about the final selection behind the top 100 wines in this year’s Enthusiast 100.

An excerpt from Christopher Hitchens’ memoir, ‘Hitch-22' — Alcohol makes other people less tedious, and food less bland, and can help provide what the Greeks called entheos, or the slight buzz of inspiration when reading or writing. …here are some simple pieces of advice for the young

This flowchart, by WineFolly called How to Choose a Bottle of Wine, takes everything complicated about choosing a wine and breaks it down into a very simple formula.

Don’t know much about wine? Order the second cheapest wine. Funny video from CollegeHumor.

A selection of great words inspired by wine lovers through the ages.

Which country produces the most wine in the world and who consumes the most?

Tasting wine analytically is simply a matter of taking apart a glass of wine as you sip it, examining its components, and noting your observations about its appearance, aroma (smell or bouquet), palate (taste and aftertaste), and the overall impression it makes on you. Use the following wine tasting form, for rating every wine, to help focus your thinking. Circle the terms that apply and give each section a score.

The Rogue Sommelier shows how a good wine can make any meal happier! He figures out what wine works best with a McDonald’s Happy Meal…

Two reasons to drink wine today… it’s Friday and it’s National Drink Wine Day. So, if you need an excuse to drink, now you have two. Pop the cork and enjoy a glass of your favorite vino in honor of National Drink Wine Day!