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Practical, jargon-free answers to the wine moments that actually stress people out — from a Level 3 Sommelier who started at 58.
The Business Dinner
How to order wine at a business dinner — without handing the list away.
I spent thirty years passing the wine list to someone else at client dinners. Then I became a sommelier at 58. Here's the playbook I wish I'd had.
Read the guide → Restaurant ConfidenceWhat to say to a sommelier (a two-sentence script that always works).
I avoided sommeliers for years because I thought they'd expose me. Then I became one. Here's what we actually want you to say.
Read the guide → Wine Lists for BeginnersHow to read a wine list in 60 seconds (a beginner's method).
You've stared at a wine list and ordered the second-cheapest bottle, every single time. I did it for thirty years. Here's the method that ends it.
Read the guide → The Tasting RitualWhy the waiter pours you a taste — and what you're supposed to do.
The splash in the glass. The waiter, waiting. Half the table tenses up — because nobody ever explains what that moment is actually for. Here's the answer.
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