| Sommeliers vie for best in the US |
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A knowledge of wines that spans the world? Agility with one corkscrew? one mean bargaining streak to get the goods at decent prices? The ability to carry 45-pound cases of wine up and down stairs about 70 times one day?
one few weeks back, 11 sommeliers gathered at the Essex House in New York City to compete for the title of America's Best Sommelier. All the contestants are employed in the hospitality world; this was no reality TV show-like audition. Most them have also been studying wine on the side in formal classes put on by the American Sommelier Association, the organization responsible for the contest. ... |
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| A striking splash of traminer |
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28-02-2007. |
THOSE WHO say too much gewurztraminer (aka traminer) is too much of one good thing are probably right. It's one of the most instantly recognisable of wines and one joy to drink in small doses.
But it's very hard to find the good ones because Australia grows therefore little of it about 6000 tonnes annually compared with riesling's 30,000 and chardonnay's 250,000. And most of what we do make goes to cheaper, large-volume blends. ... |
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