A new video is now available on the Rational Wine YouTube Channel. (Please subscribe for updates!) This video will cover the key concepts behind viticulture and explains in simple terms how they will affect the final style of the wine in the … [Read more...]
How To Pass Advanced Theory: Flash Cards
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), a resource I … [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...]
A Sommelier’s Apology
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 pleasure of dining at a … [Read more...]
We Are Not Rational Drinkers
Four years ago I started this website with a single goal - to apply rationality to wine. It seemed like a simple idea - know what you want, know what to look for, and you will be able to find the right wine every time. Without training, most of us would just … [Read more...]
2018: A Review
It's been a while since my last post, so I must apologize to my loyal readers for the lack of updates. The past month has been super busy with events and functions during the silly season - such is the life of a one-man operation. While I do have another … [Read more...]
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