Wine Pricing Gone Wild

Confessions of a Sommelier

by Jason “Cass” Castle It’s 11 a.m., and after con- suming a Bloody Mary at the airport bar, I’m staring down a pint of Heineken. It’s my usual ritual to prepare my palate for a profes- sional wine tasting. This morning bears witness to what should be one of the best tastings of the year. Thirty or so Hawai‘i wine profes- sionals have gathered in the conference room of a Honolulu hotel, ready to taste some seriously expensive and hopefully seriously delicious white Burgundy. Hosting this sit-down event are two legends in the wine trade, one a Master Sommelier, the other a Master of Wine. Only a couple hundred people in the world hold these impressive titles. Many of us are flying in just for this event; us wine geeks live for this kinda stuff. Click here to read the complete article

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