Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
How gauche (our two visits were mercifully lacking in such pretense).
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That SOMM movie
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How gauche (our two visits were mercifully lacking in such pretense).
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
originally posted by SFJoe:
I was in a restaurant this week, informal in setting but fancy in food, and my server said to us, unprompted, "and don't worry, I'm a certified sommelier."
Of course, that was my first worry of the evening. Anyhow, the place has a brilliant list and I didn't need any help, but it was an unwelcome jolt.
How gauche (our two visits were mercifully lacking in such pretense).
The dude was correct but pretty chill otherwise.
Farnoush wasn't in the house, she would never do such a thing.
originally posted by SFJoe:
I was in a restaurant this week, informal in setting but fancy in food, and my server said to us, unprompted, "and don't worry, I'm a certified sommelier."
Of course, that was my first worry of the evening. Anyhow, the place has a brilliant list and I didn't need any help, but it was an unwelcome jolt.
Stop being such a hater.
originally posted by Brad Kane:
originally posted by SFJoe:
I was in a restaurant this week, informal in setting but fancy in food, and my server said to us, unprompted, "and don't worry, I'm a certified sommelier."
Of course, that was my first worry of the evening. Anyhow, the place has a brilliant list and I didn't need any help, but it was an unwelcome jolt.
Stop being such a hater.
You might be oversimplifying just a tad.
Robert Dentice
Robert Dentice
Steve Edmunds
Steve Edmunds
originally posted by SFJoe:
A thoughtful piece from Matt Straus. More first person and more humane than outsider reviews.
this is really nicely written
Jay Miller
Jay Miller
So to give him the benefit of the doubt it sounds like that may have been the first question that poor sommelier has been asked by a bunch of people. Which is even sillier than announcing your certification.
But blind wine dinners can be a lot of fun. I would never want to do it all the time but it has both confirmed and dispelled some wine prejudices I've held.
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i used to not care. but a while back, some "somm" who had only managed to rise as far as attaining the level of respectful tastevin bearer in the divine court of mastersomms after 2 years in the industry poured my kistler "les noisetiers" chardonnay into a riedel winery varietal series - pahlmeyer chardonnay glass. as you can imagine, it totally ruined my dining experience.
so these days i refuse to deal with any wine waiter who hasn't attained at least grand pursuivant status. it just isn't worth teh risk.
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Kay Bixler
Kay Bixler
Was once lectured about riesling by an idiot who ended their condescending bloviation with "And I know what I'm talking about. I'm a certified wine educator." Sadly there was no brilliant wine list or food involved to salvage the experience.
Scott Kraft
Scott Kraft
What’s certification without the full accoutrement?