How & Why to Use Port Tongs

How does Eleven Madison Park, a Wine Spectator Grand Award winner, up its service game AND give sommeliers some bling? Port tonging. Learn the hows and whys with Wine Spectator's James Molesworth and Eleven Madison Park's Cedric Nicaise.

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