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...
by admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog
n Warner Brothers Animation If you’re in the business long enough it will happen. In fact, it’s inevitable. At some point you will be asked to be part of a panel discussion for a tasting and/or seminar. If you do enough of these panel discussions, Darwin’s law on...
by admin | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog
n Geoff Kruth, MS is the COO of the Guild of Sommeliers. With the help of Matt Stamp, MS, Kruth oversees guildsomm.com, arguably the finest online resource for both wine and the sommelier community. Geoff is also an outstanding tasting coach and recently I interviewed...
