Pour yourself a glass of your favourite red — oh, wait! You don’t have a favourite red? Well, not one that you’re in a stable relationship with, anyway.

You have tried red wine, but your favourite is whatever your local supermarket has on offer. You can never remember their name the following week, either. Tragic…

That was my story too, but one day, a friend let me taste a delicious shiraz. It was from his personal collection, and I realised that excellent red wine is worth searching out and remembering.

What I needed was somewhere to start and some way to keep track. This book is the result. It explains the jargon and picks out ten types of red wine to start your journey with.

It also includes a diary page for each wine to help you track your progress.