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A diner walks into a tony high-end restaurant with his date and the waiter presents the wine book and departs. Not a wine list, but a whole book devoted to wine; including names he can’t pronounce and wine regions he’s never heard about. His date is looking at him...

One of a sommelier’s primary duties is working with restaurants. I recently trained the wait staff for Las Ristras restaurant in Corrales, NM and will be working on a new wine list for them. The value this added to the restaurant was emphasized by the fact Las Ristras...

Conversations on Wine Wine is a topic of conversation that can draw the interest of everyone from wine neophytes to wine connoisseurs. I have done many presentations on wine, from the classroom to the party or special event, public and private, where wine can add a...

I became familiar with Boisset and the Boisset Collections when I did a grand tasting at Raymond Vineyards six years ago. When I returned in 2014, not only had the interior been updated but the grounds in front of the winery had been converted into a grape growing...

Jean-Charles Boisset is one of the most impressive men working in the wine industry. His enthusiasm, passion and marketing knowledge of wine is already legendary. So when we heard he had opened an exclusive tasting room south of Raymond in Yountville, we had to check...

This documentary is about the fine and rare wine auction market and centers around a counterfeiter who befriended the rich and powerful and sold millions of dollars of fraudulent wine through top auction houses. Indonesian Rudy Kurniawan, ‘wonder boy of the fine wine...