432: Doug Frost is a Double Master

I'll Drink to That! Wine Talk

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Doug Frost is both a Master Sommelier and a Master of Wine, who resides in Kansas City, Missouri. Doug does wine and spirits consulting in a range of fields, and works as a wine writer.

Doug reflects on his career in restaurants, distribution, writing, and consulting in this conversation, touching on his varied adventures in the wine and spirits trade. He remembers cellar visits in the Rhone Valley, describes the wine scene in Kansas City over the years, and speaks to the changes within the Master Sommelier program. He also articulates his thoughts on hospitality, service, and tasting.

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0:00.0	I'll drink to that where we get behind the scenes of the beverage business.
0:05.1	I'm Levy Dalton.
0:06.1	I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. The Doug Frost on the show one of the rare people to be both a master
0:27.3	somier and a master of wine hello sir how are you I'm good how are you very
0:30.9	nice to see you thanks le, Levie, appreciate it.
0:33.0	So you're a Kansas City man and have been for some time.
0:35.8	Yeah, indeed.
0:37.2	Moved there right out of college.
0:38.5	My parents had moved to Kansas City during my college years.
0:42.1	I had grown up around the Midwest, so Texas and
0:44.6	Kansas and Missouri and Kansas City was a default place frankly for when I got out of
0:49.4	school because when I got out of school I immediately went to Europe and then just as to
0:54.7	bum around and quickly realize my money's not going to last me any time here at all so I
0:58.7	got to Asia basically hitchhiked or what have you to Istanbul, took a train through the communist countries back then,
1:06.5	because I'm an old person. It was, you know, communist back then. In fact, I did go through
1:10.8	Bulgaria without a visa, which caused me to jump off the train before we actually got to the Sophia train station and run for it.
1:18.0	Probably not necessary but it'll be good in the movie.
1:21.0	I saw that John Lacare movie. I'm pretty sure the guys who, you know, the policeman who were pissed off of me at this point were like looking at me going, I think he's running the wrong way. This is hilarious, you know. Took bets on when I trip and fall or something, I don't know.
1:35.9	So yeah, so then I went to Asia and bummed around their Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, ran out of money and energy and came back home and my parents
1:48.3	were in Kansas City.
1:49.3	I'm like, hey, I got $4.81 or whatever the hell it was left in my pocket.
1:53.6	Can I stay here for a couple of weeks?
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