Sommeliers Choice Awards aims to provide on-premise buyers and sommeliers a valuable benchmark for understanding which wines would make a compelling addition to a wine list. It is back with its second edition which is going to take place in San Francisco on 18 May 2020. A judging panel of top level sommeliers, on-premise wine … [ Read more]
Minnesota Spoon: Wine pairing with Jill Mott
September 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Earlier that afternoon, just outside Jon Wipfli’s patio door, an entire boneless leg of lamb had twirled slowly on a string suspended above a hardwood fire for six hours or so, dripping occasional runnels of fat into the coals, and wrapping itself gradually in a cloak of char. Now, on the cutting board in front … [ Read more]
Beer vs. Wine
September 28, 2013 by 2 Comments
By Michael Agnew I teach people about beer. Most of the people that I teach are not beer-savvy, brew nerds. They are ordinary people (admit it, we beer nerds are a bit unordinary) who have a curiosity to learn something about which they actually know very little. I teach many of these classes with a … [ Read more]
