Can’t tell a Gewürztraminer from a Spätburgunder? Learn about the different varieties of German wine, plus how to decode the labels.

Understanding German wines can be like learning to fly fish — from a guy with a thick Bavarian accent. It’s difficult and confusing but can be incredibly rewarding — once you’ve hooked your first fish. Germany produces some of the greatest white wines on the planet, and once you learn the language you’ll be able to navigate this section of your local wine shop with greater ease and precision — like driving a Mercedes.

In only a decade the popularity of South American wine has created a vino superpower.

In the dim-lit corners of stuffy clubs, wine gurus are whispering. It’s not very often something happens that can temporarily shift their chattering from biodynamics and malolactic fermentation to something the rest of us would care about. It’s been a decade since the Aussie invasion and even though we’ve never been invited to a stuffy club, we know South America is all the buzz.

From stouts and pilsners to lambics and wheats, learn all about European beer.

Does the word Lambic have you scratching your head? What about white beer or stout? Know you’ve heard the terms but can’t say what they really mean? Go grab yourself a pilsner and relax, they’re only words — really delicious words, but still only words.