Reddit reviews The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert: Take a Whiff of That

Drink This - Wine Made Simple - Great book for beginners

The Wine Bible

The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert - Seems like it's a joke, and it sooort of is, but there's some good information there, and the scratch and sniff thing is actually quite useful.

The World Atlas of Wine - Pretty much the ultimate wine book. If you don't want to spend that much on it, consider buying a used copy of the older edition. You can get it for just a few bucks. Obviously it won't be as up to date, but it's still extremely useful.

Pairing Food and Wine for Dummies - John Szabo is legit

Great Wine Made Simple

Up until recently I worked at a book store, these were the books I recommended most frequently to people. If you want ones about specific regions, there are some good ones out there too. These are all more general.

Probably an intro book that's not particularly necessary for most folks reading this, but as a newbie myself, I quite enjoyed The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert that my wife got me as a gift last year.

Hrm. Some questions I have for you:

1. Is she a huge fan of getting drunk, and wine is just her weapon of choice, or...
   
   
2. Is she a connoisseur of wines and very particular about which she drinks? (not entirely mutually exclusive, but probably one or the other)
   
   
3. Does she have nice wine glasses, or el-cheapos? (and can she have nice things, or will they be broken by Thursday?)
   
   
4. Would she appreciate or be insulted by a case of wine? You could essentially make her a wine tasting menu of bottles. 6/12 bottles representing different regions/varietals of wine. She invites people over so they can watch her down them like a pro (or maybe she shares, whichever).
   
   Then there's things like a caraffe so wine can breathe more quickly. Or a wine rack to keep bottles on (if she has unopened bottles, not every wine fan has such a thing around the house)
   
   Also: this which my girlfriend got for me, and I enjoyed. (It's on my table outside my office now)