by admin | Sep 16, 2026 | Blog
First Glass: How to Taste, Talk About, and Buy Wine Like a Master Sommelier Everyone, I’m thrilled to announce the release my new book, First Glass: How to Taste, Talk About, and Buy Wine Like a Master Sommelier. While I wrote Message in the Bottle for wine students...
by admin | Sep 1, 2026 | Blog
Recently I gave a wine presentation at Texsom. If not familiar, Texsom is a sommelier-wine conference in its 21st year. The conference was created by friend and fellow MS, James Tidwell. Starting with the earliest iterations, Texsom has always been about promoting...
by admin | Aug 18, 2026 | Blog
Is there such a thing as having a bad palate? I was asked that not long ago in a podcast interview with Sean Trace on his show Barrels and Roots. I answered Sean by saying that unless someone has anosmia—meaning they can’t physiologically smell, or ageusia when they...
by admin | Aug 4, 2026 | Blog
It’s a question I sometimes get asked at consumer tastings. Someone tells me about a wine they had while on vacation in an exotic location like Provence. How it was the best thing ever. So good that they bought a case and then schlepped it back with great expense....
by admin | Jul 17, 2026 | Blog
Some years ago, I was in Singapore with three colleagues teaching MS classes. One night our local contact booked us a table for dinner at one of the city’s most popular restaurants. It was a seafood joint called “No Signboard,” because the place literally had no...
