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Get to know about sommeliers; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video series.
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Get to know about sommeliers; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How to identify sommeliers; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How to become a sommelier; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
Get to know why would a restaurant employ a sommelier; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How sommeliers select wines; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How sommeliers work with wine agencies and brokers; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How sommeliers price wine in restaurants and wholesalers; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
A day in the life of a sommelier. Learn just what a sommelier does in this free video.
How to taste wine as a sommelier; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How to open and decant a bottle of wine as a sommelier; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How to decant wine as a sommelier; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How to pair foods with wine as a sommelier; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How to deal with corked wine as a sommelier; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
How restaurant owners manage wine with sommeliers; learn about becoming a wine expert in this free instructional video.
The word “sommelier” comes from the Middle French word for the keeper of the pack animals. Traditionally, a sommelier is a wine steward (a respected position in fine restaurants) with the responsibilities of procuring popular or rare wines, rotating and maintaining the wine cellar, and aiding customers with wine choices. Today, elite restaurants may hire sommeliers for other items or special services on the menu, such as one sommelier for liquor, one for cigars, one for pastries, etc. Wine experts around the world have developed their own culture, and becoming a sommelier encompasses being trained in wines and also in this refined culture of wine.
Chuck Byers is one of those wine experts. His renowned guests include Yves-Dominique Ferraud, of Ferraud and Fils (winemaker/distributor of famed Beaujolais wines), Jose Paradella (International Sommelier Guild), and head sommeliers of several of the world’s most exclusive private clubs. This video series will take you behind the scenes, and into the cellars, of a day in the life of a sommelier. Chuck will show you part of that wine culture in Toronto, how a professional opens and decants a bottle of wine, what you’re supposed to do with the cork, and how to pair foods with wine. Watch these videos and impress your friends the next time wine is served!
Chuck Byers Chuck Byers devotes his life to informing and educating others about wines and champagnes of the world. In the last year he has published a book on Canadian wines entitled <i>Rendezvous For Dinner</i> as well as appeared in a documentary on California wines called <i>The Wine Frontier</i>, which was filmed by Rob Mitchell, the cameraman for this series. <p>dkdk
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