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Millionaire Sommelier Service from Messy & Beaulieu

by Laura Malesich (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Services, Wine

Premium wine service at a fine restaurant is a spectacular treat assisting customers with wine and food pairings and steering them into new varietals or vintages. Yet some may prefer to enjoy a sommelier's expertise in their own home however high the cost. Bertrand Faure Beaulieu and Philippe Messy have created just such a service for the wealthy. Currently coined 'Winelife' the mobile sommelier venture expected to open this summer charges an undisclosed yearly fee for these private services. Members are then assigned a dedicated personal sommelier who provides a unique bespoke service for them.

Three of the world's finest sommeliers, Gearold Devaney, Christopher Delalonde and Sébastien Chevalier have recently joined the ranks. Hire 'Winelife' for an education in tasting and cellaring or buying and drinking. Then pair this homebound opportunity with a chef and some ambiance and you've created a gastronome's fantasy in your own abode.

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Tags: bertrand faure beaulieu, BertrandFaureBeaulieu, devaney, messy, messy and devaney, MessyAndDevaney, sommelier, winelife

Choosing the Best Sommelier In America

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

What do you have to do to win the title of Best Sommelier in America? Lettie Teague reports on the Best Sommelier in America Competition which took place at Jumeirah's Essex House in New York City. Michael Engelmann of Gary Danko in San Francisco has been anointed top sommelier by the American Sommelier Association. How does one win such a title? Teague reports that the tasks included proofreading a wine list with errors on it, a four wine/four spirit blind tasting in which wines could be tasted and spirits only nosed, wine pairings, wine opening and decanting. Congratulations to Engelmann.


Tags: gary danko, GaryDanko, sommelier, wine, wine sommelier, WineSommelier

Sommelier Smackdown

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine, Events

Here are two words that don't seem to go together, sommelier and smackdown. The phrase conjures up images of tuxedo-clad gents bashing each other over the head with wine bottles in the squared circle. There will be no wrestling involved but the Sommelier Smackdown in Philadelphia this summer will include local sommeliers competing against Keith Wallace and Brian Freedman of the Wine School of Philadelphia. The contestants have to create the perfect food and wine pairing, using only wines obtained through a local PLCB wine shop. The winner is declared by the guests at the event. The first session of the Smackdown is on June 13 at the Wine School of Philadelphia. Tickets cost $55 per person for the tasting event.

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Wine Advice Via Text Message

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

Is choosing a wine really this hard? The latest wine help comes in the form of a text message. The Telegraph reports that the Australian wine company Hardys has launched a text message service that lets you get wine help from your mobile phone. You text the name of a meal or food along with the year of your birth to 64007 and receive back the name of a suitable wine within minutes. There is a database of thousands of meal and each one has a suitable wine with advice from the wine expert Olly Smith. If it can't come up with an answer (apparently it was stumped by Heston Blumenthal's snail porridge) it defaults to a Chardonnay. The service is only available in the U.K. so far.

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Tags: hardys, sommelier, text message, text messaging, wine



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