by admin | Mar 4, 2026 | Blog
Is an optical sorter the auto-tune of red winemaking? Asking for a friend. Otherwise, this morning I was thinking back to the olden days in the 1980s, when I first got interested in wine. The world was a much less complicated place then. Pterodactyls still flew over...
by admin | Jan 21, 2026 | Blog
In the last post, I broke down the white wine tasting grid used for the Master Sommelier Certified Sommelier Examination. This post is a continuation of the previous and explains how to use the red wine tasting grid. Before getting started, here are a few general...
by admin | Nov 5, 2025 | Blog
In a previous post about blind tasting white wines, I mentioned that making the conclusion was the most challenging part of the process. Getting the correct grape variety creates more anxiety in students than any other part of tasting exams. To help remedy the...
