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The best wine tasting advice I can think of is, take notes, geeky, maybe, but you'll never forget the name of that awesome wine you had the other night, or what it tastes like. Just make a note of the name, the vintage, the price maybe and a bit about what you tasted (light, or heavy, dry or sweet, and so on).
Some of my favorites are La Framboiserie (as the name might suggest, a raspberry-tinged burgundy). Beaujolais (or Gamay Noir) served slightly chilled is a great light summertime red that'll put a smile on anyones face. For whites, I like grassy Sauvignon Blancs, mostly from BC or New Zealand. And nothing makes you feel more like a millionaire than drinking champagne.
A couple more general rules, stay away from non-vintage wines and wines without some sort of appelation, pretty much every wine producing country has a quality control board and a wine has to meet a few requirements before they'll let the winemaker put the name of the country or region on the label, if there's no seal of approval it's probably made from low-grade leftovers, "super tuscan" wines are the exception, but if you're spending $100+ on a bottle of wine, you don't need our advice.
And don't be afraid to ask your friendly neighbourhood wine merchant for suggestions, they usually know what they're doing, I used to be one, boy I miss the days of having to drink free wine all the time.
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