Just rec'd my Diploma from Court of Master Sommeliers!
By Marisa D'Vari | March 6th, 2007 | Category: News | No Comments »
So excited! Just twenty minutes ago received my Level one diploma from the Court of Master Sommeliers!
Two very intense days of blind tasting with a room of very remarkable peers -- sommeliers and wine directors have flown across the country to take this class and pass the exam.
The class was run by four very smooth Master Sommeliers who were quite edifying and entertaining. Quite a lot of material to absorb in two days, so if I wasn't already taking the Wine and Spirits Educational Trust program, not sure how I would have faired.
In class, the emphasis was on blind tasting - the deductive method. At WSET, we taste in every session but we already KNOW what we are tasting.
What was fun and unique about the Court of Master Sommeliers is that the point wasn't "guessing" the wine right -- it was deducing a reasonably correct answer based on the "evidence" of the wine itself.
If I understand the program correctly, when it comes time to become a Master Sommelier, during the test the most important element is vocally deducing why you came to the conclusion
For example, the goal is to really analyze the wine in terms of look and smell and taste, and then deduce if it's from a thin skinned or thick skinned grape, from a warm or cool climate country, from the old or new world, and so on.
This is the most engaging part of the class. The Master Sommeliers gave me lots of tips I'll use forever -- and few people know about!
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