HeyJaredThe Casual Sommelier
Smart wine picks, simple pairings, and no-nonsense advice — from a minimalist sommelier.
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How to Explore Wine (opens the original)
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If I challenged you to explore wine on your own, how would you do it? You could start of by trying all the classic wines of the world: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Barolo. But that’s expensive and only based off of wines that are largely considered popular a long time ago.You could take a Wine Course like WSET. This will help you to analyse wines and it might give you answers like: I like wines with high tannins. But what are you going to do with that information? You could try some recommendations from
Know A Wine's Taste Before Trying It (opens the original)
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“I honestly think understanding this one thing will help you more in wine than anything else”. - Me on SundayThis is a big statement to make, especially half way through a WSET level 1 course.But I meant it.The WSET level 1 course has a lot of information for a one day course, and I have some key information I have to teach so they can pass the exam.But I also want them to learn more about how to explore wine, to be more adventurous. And there is one concept in the course that does this more tha
Go Here To Overpay (opens the original)
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This was one of the biggest lessons I learnt when working in the Michelin Starred Restaurants:Focus on value, not on price. Want to know more about what’s worth buying, and whats not. Subscribe.<
The Holiday Wine Is a Lie (opens the original)
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It’s a Tuesday afternoon and the sun is shining. You’re sitting somewhere sunny with a beautiful view, having a lovely lunch, sipping a perfectly chilled glass of wine. As you chat to the people you love, you think: “God, this wine is delicious. I’d love to have more of this back home.”That’s the grape version of the holiday romance. And it’s all based off a lie. For more on Exploring wine, Subscriber to The Casual Sommelier<for
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