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;...
by admin | May 13, 2015 | Blog
n In the last post I wrote about two sets of grapes/wines that consistently give students nightmares in tasting practice and exams. Why? Because each set is filled with grapes easily confused with each other. I called these grapes the “Evil Dwarves.” My last post...
by admin | May 10, 2015 | Blog
n In blind tasting, there are two sets of grapes that consistently give students nightmares because each set is populated by grapes easily confused for one another. I call them the “Evil Dwarves.” The first set is made up of semi-aromatic white grapes and includes...
