by admin | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog
n It has been said that timing is everything. Nothing could be truer about wine. Consider this: you’re dining out with friends and everyone in your group is a shameless carnivore. No surprise that you’ve been handed the wine list to choose a bottle for dinner. In...
by admin | Sep 2, 2015 | Blog
n Anyone who’s had the pleasure of entertaining a three-year-old for any length of time knows the exquisite torture which can be inflicted by even the sweetest toddler in the form of an endless series of “why” questions. One’s patience can only be tested for so long...
by admin | Aug 19, 2015 | Blog
n “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”Dylan ThomasWine number 12, the final wine in the flight, was a deep burnished gold that shimmered as it moved heavily in the glass. The...
by admin | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog
n Last week’s Advanced Exam in Phoenix yielded 11 new Advanced Sommeliers out of a total of 68 students–a 14% pass rate which a bit lower than usual. On day two of the exam I chaired a tasting panel along with good friends and fellow Masters, Jennifer Huether...
by admin | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog
n In Pursuit of SanityThere are well over 100,000 wines commercially produced every year. Why is it then that certain demographics of our industry feel compelled at times to proclaim their wines, their way of making wine, or their way of critiquing/scoring wine as the...
by admin | May 27, 2015 | Blog
n “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Henry Miller The 2015 Master’s Exam in Aspen took place last week. I’m thrilled to write that post exam there are seven new Masters. They include Brahm Callahan of Grill 23 & Bar in Boston;...
