The SOMM Journal

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• Cover
• Letter from the Publisher
• Applied Learning Higher Education with Patrick McAteer
• Postcard
• Editor's Notebook
• Spotlight
• Spit Bucket
• Letter from London
• Wine Briefs
• Bottom Line
• Spirits Trends
• Business Innovation: Terravant Wine Company
• On-Premise Trends
• Education
• In Service
• Punch-Down
• Planet Grape
• Technology
• East Coast
• Spotlight by Zachary Bernstein
• North American Sommelier Association
• Event Wrap-Up: "Field to Vase" Dinner
• CIA at Greystone
• Soul of the Sommelier
• Real Somm Stories
• The Next Episode Tony Terlato Celebrates a Life of Foodand Wine
• Drinking from the Holy Grail of Chenin An Inconsistent Coulée de SerrantVertical Tasting Sparks Controversy
• Nebbiolo's Other Face The Unique Wines of Valtellina Show aDifferent Side of Northern Italy's Noble Variety
• To See the World in a Grain of Rice In Search of Terroir, Saké Brewers Lookboth Forward and Back
• In the Kitchen
• Appellations: Rueda
• May I Suggest
• Cellar View
• Another Turning Point for CaliforniaWines? A Group of California Chardonnay and Pinot NoirProducers Holds a Landmark Tasting In NYC
• Milestones: Roasting Fred Dame
• Working against the Grain In Napa Valley, White Wine Blends HoldTheir Own against the Cabernet Juggernaut
• Deconstructing Dishes
• Left Coast Sunshine Comes to Midtown Manhattan Somms and Beverage Directors (Re)Discover Wente Family Estates at a"West Meets East" Tasting at Marea Restaurant
• Opening Remarks with Coravin
• On the Track of Brett Resilient Brettanomyces Is a Persistent Issue in Winemaking
• Closing Time