by admin | Mar 18, 2026 | Blog
There are times when I think we get so caught up in blind tasting for exams that we lose sight of the prime directive of all wine education and certification, which is to be able to judge quality. Regardless of the exam track one follows, the ultimate goal of all wine...
by admin | Mar 4, 2026 | Blog
Is an optical sorter the auto-tune of red winemaking? Asking for a friend. Otherwise, this morning I was thinking back to the olden days in the 1980s, when I first got interested in wine. The world was a much less complicated place then. Pterodactyls still flew over...
by admin | Feb 18, 2026 | Blog
Every New Year’s one of the things Carla and I talk about is how we need to cook more new things. So we agree to make at least one new recipe a week, alternating who’s driving the stove. But like most New Year’s resolutions, the trend usually doesn’t make it to...
by admin | Feb 4, 2026 | Blog
This one’s for the consumers out there. Specifically, when you’re ordering a glass or a bottle in a restaurant. Odds are that you have a good idea of what to expect based on previous experience. At the least, you know various wines are certain colors, i.e., Chardonnay...
by admin | Jan 21, 2026 | Blog
In the last post, I broke down the white wine tasting grid used for the Master Sommelier Certified Sommelier Examination. This post is a continuation of the previous and explains how to use the red wine tasting grid. Before getting started, here are a few general...
