Torre Real Cabernet Sauvignon wine vinegar, from leading Spanish wine producer Torres - so a wine obsession can spill over into salad dressing; (Mitchells and some other outlets, about £3.75).
Screwpull Table Model corkscrew in cool blue perspex - from the bestknown name in the corkscrew world. This one comes with a stand, so it can be kept to hand; (widely available from wine merchants and kitchenware shops, about £16).
Funky champagne cool bag with silver padding and bright orange carrying strap; (Habitat, £10.95).
Everything You Need to Know About Wine by Jonathan Ray; (Mitchell Beazley, £7.99 in UK) - a fun book for beginners, with jaunty cartoons and genuinely useful information from a humorous wine trade veteran - son of the famous Cyril Ray.
Rapitest max-min thermometer - designed for greenhouses, but also perfect for cellar, garage, under the stairs or anywhere else where bottles of wine are stashed away, because excessive variation in temperature does serious damage to fine wine; (Mr Middleton, Mary Street, £12.69).
Clairefontaine spiral-bound note- books - far better for tasting notes than the gimmicky log books designed for that purpose. In a wide range of splashy colours, the covers are stiff enough to support earnest scribbling at a stand-up tasting; 180 wines can have a page each; (Pen Corner, College Green, £1.50, and other leading stationers).
An Irish linen glass cloth is, according to glass supremo Georg Riedel, the only thing to make good wine glasses sparkle as they should; (widely available, but a bargain £2 at Murphy Sheehy, Castle Market off South William Street).
Vacuvin pump and two rubber stoppers, to keep opened bottles of wine fresh for an extra day or two. (Widely available, usually £10.99; two extra stoppers £3.99.)