Leading the Charge to Level the Playing Field
Confronted by gender discrimination in her career, sommelier Rania Zayyat founded Lift Collective to make the industry a …
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Sommelier Talk: Daniel Tucker Takes Over
The young wine director at Princeton, N.J., farm-to-table destination Elements got the chance to remake its wine list last …
Sommelier Talk: The Professor, Sandy Block of Legal Sea Foods
One of the first American Masters of Wine talks education, tariffs, drinking at the airport, which wines sell with fish—and …
Sommelier Roundtable: Do You Need a Degree to Be a Sommelier?
From self-taught wine wonks to certified Master Somms, we asked 8 wine pros if they think you need to go to wine school—or …
Sommelier Roundtable: What's the Hardest Part of Your Job?
From diners suspicious of being ripped off to cellar-management tedium to working past midnight, every night—these 8 wine …
Sommelier Roundtable: What Are You Drinking—Besides Wine?
These 10 wine pros also know their way around bottles—or cans, cups, tumblers and carafes—of everything from stout beer to …
Sommelier Roundtable: What's in Your Personal Cellar?
These 9 wine pros sell bottles for a living, but here's what they collect on their own dime and time
Sommelier Roundtable: Wine-Inspired Pet Names
We asked 9 wine pros if they have dogs, cats—or kids—they named after grapes, regions, wine labels (or snacks) that are …
Sommelier Roundtable: Your Wine Predictions for 2019
New Year, new wine trends! We asked 9 wine pros what regions, styles and philosophies will reign in 2019—and what fads they …
Sommelier Roundtable: How Do You Stay Fit and Healthy?
In a job that involves a lot of drinking, eating, stress and unusual hours, these 11 wine pros stay in shape—here's how
Sommelier Roundtable: New World Alternatives for Old World Palates
Bordeaux and Burgundy may be benchmarks, but we asked 8 wine pros to share picks from California, Australia, Chile and …
Lessons in Sommelier 'Swagger': A Day in the Life of Brooklyn Restaurateur Alex LaPratt
The co-owner of Atrium Dumbo and Beasts & Bottles teaches Burgundy at the International Culinary Center, hosts "wine …