Wine Knowledge 101
Knuckles clutched around the arms of my elliptical, I found my heart racing, and not just from the exercise. For the past two days of workouts, I had followed the journey of four guys preparing for the Master Sommelier exam in the 2012 documentary “SOMM.” Commonly referred to as the most difficult exam in the world, the Master Sommelier test is so involved and hard that only 279 people have earned the title since it started in 1969. I was about to find out who, if any, of these men, whom I felt like I now knew, had passed. I could not believe how nervous I was. Wine education has been on my mind a lot these days. I recently completed Wine Folly’s Bordeaux 101 course and found myself torn on whether or not to frame my certificate and place it with my WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) Level 1 and 2 certificates. As I contemplated to frame or not to frame, I was inundated with the following quest...