by admin | Jul 8, 2016 | Blog
n I remember very little about my first attempt at the Master’s tasting exam and for good reason: it was monumentally, epically bad. I crashed and burned to the extent that I can’t remember anything about it, even who the examiners were sitting across the table from...
by admin | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog
n Good friend Diana Hamann owns a wine shop in Evanston, IL, called The Wine Goddess. It’s the quintessential neighborhood shop with a thoughtful, well-chosen, and value-guided selection. But beyond the bottles on the shelf the ever-charming and gregarious Diana has...
by admin | May 27, 2016 | Blog
n They’re something every serious wine geek owns but rarely, if ever, mentions to outsiders. No one would understand. We take pains to transport them great distances home only to store them on dark, dusty shelves. In my case some live in a basket in my living...
by admin | May 6, 2016 | Blog
April 2011 at the Advanced tasting exam in Anaheim. Several minutes into her exam the student from Colorado did something that got my attention; she stopped–completely stopped. After smelling the second wine in the flight of six she placed her glass on the...
by admin | Apr 29, 2016 | Blog
n Throughout the course of a day we constantly change our focus and state of awareness; from holding a conversation to driving, watching TV, or taking part in a physical activity such as a walk in the country. We also process information from the outside world with...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog
n Anders Henriksson 2001 In 1983 David Helgren, then an assistant professor at the University of Miami, gave his students a geography pop quiz consisting of a blank map of the world with instructions to identify several dozen prominent cities and countries. He...
