My April birthday weekend celebration in Carmel . So many of you came to Carmel to join in the fun, and I was very happy to see you all. For those of you who couldnât be there, the weekend started off with Jim Martinez and Laura Didierâs wonderful tribute show that seems to have become an annual tradition.
Sommelier = Wine Expert. While some wine consumers may consider themselves experts, a true wine expert is called a sommelier. A sommelier, also known as a wine steward, is a person that has undergone training in order to become extremely knowledgeable about wine. It can take many years of training to become a master sommelier.
When the term âmixologistâ first was applied to bartenders, it was an honorific used to distinguish bartenders who excelled at creating interesting cocktails and had acquired a commanding knowledge of spirits and flavor pairings, Reiner says.e thinks the renaissance of the mixologist in large part is because of the ascension of premium spirits over the past two decades. âThe return of the cocktail has been a social phenomenon, and bartenders on the job since the early â90s or so have been at the point,â Meehan says.