https://youtu.be/t3UIqicgldE A lot has changed over the past few weeks. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic has deeply affected all of us around the world. With the closure of restaurants, bars and other venues where large numbers of people usually … [Read more...]
Reflections on 2019
Midnight, 1 Jan 2019 Upon reflection, 2019 began and ended for me in the same way: with fireworks. 3 hours later... I was working on both occasions, with not a bad vantage point for Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks display. But just because … [Read more...]
How To Pass Advanced Theory: Flash Cards
The Deck. Before my first attempt at the Advanced Sommelier Exam, I did not use flash cards. It just seemed a step too far, a blunt instrument to be used as a last resort when nothing else worked. Even the Green Pin Manifesto (credit: Jaime Pinedo), … [Read more...]
How To Pass Advanced Theory: Journaling
The unexamined life is not worth living.Socrates If I could point out one thing that changed my life this year, it would be Journaling. I had kept journals and diaries before, but they were never structured or consistent. I would go to a stationary … [Read more...]
Advanced Sommelier Exam – Second Attempt
6 wines, 25 minutes. Photo taken by Sebastian Crowther MS Disclaimer: The following is purely a recollection of my own experience of preparing and sitting for the Advanced Sommelier exam. The Court of Master Sommeliers may choose to alter the format of … [Read more...]
A Sommelier’s Apology
I'm so sorry... I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.Herbert Bayard Swope - American editor and journalist, first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize I had the … [Read more...]
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