To spend any time with Damon Ornowski is a treat to the intellect. He has an encyclopedic memory and can really belt it out in two minutes. In this short take, Damon is waxing on the glories of Gruner.
Next week Damon and I hit the road all across Texas with a carload of Kracher and [...]
Continue reading about Master Sommelier Damon Ornowski on Gruner
The best wine tasting to meet the greatest winemakers, winery owners and the real wine movers and shakers on the planet.
Master Sommelier Guy Stout, Clarendon Hills winemaker Roman Bratasiuk and the communications director for Gallo Estate Wines, Carmen Castorina
VinExpo and VinItaly are huge shows that attract thousands of people. There are grand venues for [...]
Continue reading about The Stout Report : The New York Wine Experience
It’s been a busy week on the road promoting Pizza and Pinot with the Central Market’s group around Texas. What is Pizza and Pinot? And why Pizza and Pinot? There is a story behind the naming of this event.
I was talking with Alfonso Cevola -Italian wine guy- several years ago about food and wine pairing. [...]
Continue reading about Pizza & Pinot with Master Sommelier Guy Stout
Congratulations to the four sommeliers made it to Master Sommelier in 2009. They are:
Fernando Beteta
NoMi Wine Director
Chicago, Illinois
A part of a small, exclusive niche of up-and-coming, stylish young wine connoisseurs in Chicago, Fernando Beteta, NoMI Wine Director, considers his winning craft and innate skill in tasting and pairing wines, more of a lifestyle, than a [...]
Continue reading about Four Rode In: America’s Newest Master Sommeliers
Guy Stout, MS and James Tidwell, MS
February 19, 2009 4:00 PM
St. Helena, CA
James Tidwell just called from over the hill in Healdsburg, to let everybody know that he has successfully passed all the exams to become Texas’ fourth Master Sommelier. James, who works for the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Dallas at Las Colinas, [...]
Continue reading about James Tidwell: Texas 4th Master Sommelier
Recent Comments