Are you curious to learn more about wine but afraid to ask? You are not alone. A few decades ago, many Americans who didn’t know their Burgundy from their Bordeaux felt intimidated by scary, middle-aged, male sommeliers who approached tables…

According to Jane Anson in Bordeaux and Decanter magazine, estates are being told to stop using several different chateau names for the same wine, bottled at the same property. Many producers use a different name for different sales channels such…

Slate.com just pubished an interesting article on American vs. European sommeliers. While the author mentions Andrea Immer Robinson and Richard Betts, he also speaks about the increasing multi-cultural background of today’s sommeliers … “And it is not just in the…