The holidays are bottle bringing season. It's always good to have a gift-worthy bottle of wine on hand for an impromptu present or for taking a long for a party. If you are looking for little guidance on something outside the basics, Alyssa Rapp from Bottlenotes.com, an online wine community and wine retailer can help. Her wine primer Around the World in 80 Sips travels through different categories and wine regions including Australia, Lebanon, Israel, China, South Africa, Chile and more.

Bottlenotes.com can also help with gifting wine. The site offers a brief questionnaire that can assess a palate and then customize wine recommendations for you or for your recipient. They have a variety of wines, wine gifts, wine clubs and packages.Bottlenotes is offerin g 20% off on all wine and stemware purchased on Cyber Monday.

We are giving away one copy of Around the World in 80 Sips. To enter, leave a comment telling us your go-to wine for bringing to a party.
Some other important details:

* To enter, leave a confirmed comment below.
* The comment must be left and confirmed before Friday, December 5 2008 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
* You may only enter once.
* One winner will be selected in a random drawing.
* One winner will receive the Around the World in 80 Sips, valued at $14.95
* Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.

See complete contest rules here.

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