Diary of a Sommelier Student: Domenico Clerico's Barolo...Let the Tasting Begin

I showed up a half hour early for a wine tasting that began a half hour late.  Sixty extra minutes at Enoteca La Botte in Caserta for a win...

Diary of a Sommelier Student: Taste, Watch, Listen, Learn

It was a little over a year ago that I attended my first sommelier class. A lot has happened since then, but I remember that class as if it ...

Diary of a Sommelier Student-Tasting Taurasi...Taurasi Vendemmia 2007

I would like to set the scene for you. It was a little cool, a little chilly…A medieval castle…stone walls…stone floors. Indoors, in the gra...

Diary of a Sommelier Student-Back to School !!

  Class is back in session! The 2nd level of my three part journey to becoming a sommelier will begin next Tuesday, the 11th of January. S...

Diary of a Sommelier Student—Nose to the Glass…the Olfactory Examination

Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in many wine tastings. Formal, informal, at an enoteca, wine fair, dinner, or lu...

Diary of a Sommelier Student -First Level End of Course Get Together at Roof and Sky

8 March, 2010-Hotel Ramada Naples . Back then, we were a group of about 60 strangers with one objective in mind…to increase our comprehensio...

Diary of a Sommelier Student-1st Level-Mission Accomplished

It has been awhile since I wrote about my first level sommelier course. Not to worry, I hung in there. After 14 lessons, I took the exam and...

Diary of a Sommelier Student- La Degustazione-Lessons 5-7

An update on the last month of my primo livello course with Ais . The past month has been busy, but my Sommelier courses continue... and I c...

Let’s Continue this Chiacchierata-Diary of a Sommelier Student

While preparing for my 4th sommelier class, I was a little overwhelmed with the subject matter. We would be learning about the grape … every...

Diary of a Sommelier Student- Una Chiacchierata with Francesco Martusciello

Monday, March 22nd, I was a little apprehensive about my third lesson to begin.  The topic for the evening was wine production.  A topic, I ...

Diary of a Sommelier Student- Lesson 2 - Off to the Vineyards

“Il vino si fa in vigna’ Wine is made in the vineyards. This is how Ais Napoli President, Tommaso Luongo opened our second Level 1 lesson ...

Diary of a Sommelier Student-My first lesson with Ais Napoli

LA FIGURA DEL SOMMELIER - translated literally means 'The figure of the Sommelier'.That was the topic of Monday night's lesson. ...