Evan Goldstein: ...about the basics of wine

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Business, Entrepreneurship

4.2 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Learn all about wine with our guest, Evan Goldstein, MS, who is one of the nation’s most prolific food and wine industry veterans. He is the author of "Five Star Service: Your Guide to Hospitality Excellence" and the critically acclaimed books, "Perfect Pairings: A Master Sommelier’s Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food" and "Daring Pairings: A Master Sommelier Matches Distinctive Wines with Recipes from His Favorite Chefs". Among other things, he's served as chairman of the American Chapter of the Court of Master Sommeliers and is the co-founder of Master the World wine club.

His website is https://mtwwines.com/about/

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0:00.0	I'm Jan Black.
0:10.9	And I'm Laura Owens.
0:12.3	And joining us on the line right now is a guest with all of the answers nobody told me about wine.
0:18.3	Our guest is Evan Goldstein, who is a master Somalié. Evan is a four-time James Beard Award nominee
0:24.7	for outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year. He's also the author of the books,
0:30.8	Perfect Parings, Wines of South America, and Daring Parings, Among Others. Evan is also president
0:37.4	and chief education officer of Full Circle Wine Solutions.
0:41.7	Evan, thank you so much for joining us.
0:44.3	You are a master Somalié, and there's only 149 of those in the U.S.
0:50.1	So what exactly is one, and how do you become one?
0:53.7	That's the $64,000 question.
0:56.5	They're not that many of us.
0:57.7	And this program, which is now 30 years old in the United States, has been basically an effort in, quote, unquote, getting one's masters in wine and beverage for folks who generally work in dining rooms across American restaurants
1:13.4	and hotels and things like that. It's a four-tiered program, that is to say there's an
1:17.5	introductory level, a certified sommelier examination, an advanced level sommelier course and
1:23.9	examination, and then the penultimate master sommelier certification.
1:28.8	So people sign up, start at the beginning, work their way through, and if they're fortunate
1:33.7	enough to get through all four levels, they too can become master sommoliers.
1:38.4	But suffice it to say, to your point, with less than 200 over a 30-year period, it's not a
1:43.7	particularly easy task.
1:45.5	And many fine restaurants have Somaliers.
1:48.5	What should you expect from one when you're deciding what wine to order?
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