by admin | May 29, 2018 | Blog
n With the Memorial Day weekend just over, the summer season is officially here. Hopefully you’ll have an opportunity to take some time off in the next few months—even a real planned vacation. And with time off, there’s never a better opportunity to catch up on a bit...
by admin | Apr 28, 2018 | Blog
n Paul Klee – Insula Dulcamara (1938) In a recent conversation with a student, I was asked how I would prepare for the Master’s tasting exam if I had to take it again. What strategies would I use to prepare for the exam? More importantly, what strategies would I...
by admin | Mar 29, 2018 | Blog
n Gerhard Richter – Abstraktes Bild Lots of travel in the last month with classes and exams in Portland, San Diego, and San Francisco. During that time, I observed the peaks and valleys of sommelier service. First, getting to watch good friends and fellow MS’...
by admin | Feb 17, 2018 | Blog
n Bottles in the Champagne Pommery cellar One of my earliest experiences with aging a bottle of wine took place many moons ago. A time when, as Austin Powers once said, life was all about a flock of seagulls and a gas shortage. Carla and I had just announced our...
by admin | Jan 11, 2018 | Blog
n Science tells us that olfactory creates our most powerful sense memories. This is because smell is the only one of the five senses that travels directly to the forebrain without first going to the thalamus to be processed by the rest of the brain. Instead, olfactory...
