Pairings | Sommelier
So you want to be a sommelier…
Posted on January 6 2020 at 05:56
On the floor the lights are low, the customers are munching away on their Dover soles and their duck breasts, the musak is playing gently in the background.
A Champagne dinner fit for sommeliers
Posted on April 30 2010 at 11:59
One of the aspects of the World’s Best Sommelier competition I hadn’t really thought about is how on earth you create a menu for a roomful of sommeliers. And choose wine pairings they won’t be sniffy about. One way is to impress them with large format bottles and old vintages which is the route competition sponsor Moët et Chandon took . . .
How to pick a good wine from a wine list
Posted on February 17 2020 at 07:04
Former sommelier Zeren Wilson of Bitten & Written reveals the tricks of the trade when it comes to choosing a good value wine and how to handle the somm.
An interview with Enrico Bernardo
Posted on August 1 2008 at 14:33
If any sommelier looks set for Gordon Ramsay-style super-stardom it has to be Enrico Bernado.
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