Some people are very enthusiastic and have already done a lot of reading and tasting.
Some people just want to learn enough not to look like a dickhead when they're handed a wine list,'' says Stuart Gregor, wine writer and wine educator. He's talking about the people who attend the classes he runs for the Wine Society, but he could be talking about the general adult population of Australia. The quality and size of our wine industry is frequently celebrated. Partner to that, of course, is the burgeoning enthusiasm and sophistication of the wine-drinking public. We've come a long way, but as we've learned to take the pleasures of wine seriously, many of us have also realised how little we know.