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Destination Sommelier
Some of us choose a restaurant based on the wine list. Quality of food, of course, is a factor, as is the friendliness and efficiency of service, but, if you are like me, it is the wine program, or the...
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October’s Children
Sommeliers and wine buyers from top restaurants in Chicago are hard to assemble. The restaurant business, an unforgiving mother, likes to keep its children occupied. Yet certain trade events are a...
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Bob of Chicago
Below is a a bio I have seen floating around the web for Robert Bansberg. I have only met him but a few times, yet even in those modest encounters I sensed a genuine warmth and depth of...
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Master Sommeliers – Wine Experts, Service Mavens, Blind Tasters
The Court of Master Sommeliers are in Chicago again to test for Certified Sommeliers (12 of 23 passed at the Conrad today, one of them being Rachael Johnson one of the Sommeliers on staff here at The...
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CNN ‘Nine Cool Jobs’, #5: Sommelier!
The career of the Sommelier is finally receiving some attention as CNN has listed the job title on its ‘Nine Cool Jobs’ index: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/06/02/cb.cool.pay.jobs/index.html...
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Congrats!
Gretchen Neuman VinoVerve Editor Congratulations to friends of the blog Fernando Beteta and Laura Maniec for achieving the level of Master Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers I guess I will...
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