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{ SOMMjournal.com } 9 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2015 VOL. 2 NO. 1 THE SOMM JOURNAL COVER STORY 44 Modern Matchmakers Mike Howard and Cameron Hughes Link Celebrity with Quality Wine FIRST PRESS 5 Definitely Diverse: Australian Shiraz FEATURES 30 Out of the Ashes Planeta Debuts Its Wines of Etna Collection 40 The Zero Factor Roederer's Brut Nature Is an Abstract Concept Brought to Life 53 Driving the Course At Pebble Beach resorts, Wine Education and Certification is an Accessible Goal for the Entire Staff 60 Stop, Drop & Rolle As Rosé Rises in Prominence, Provence is on Fire 70 Road Warriors A New Generation of Women is Taking Alsace on the Road 72 California's First Family of Chardonnay How Wente Vineyards Found the Right Ground in the Arroyo Seco AVA 75 Everything's Coming Up Rosé Wine Buyers from Miami and Los Angeles Discover the Depth of Pink from the Loire Valley DEPARTMENTS 4 Letter from the Publisher 10 Editor's Notebook 12 Wine Families 14 The Punch-Down 16 Planet Grape 18 Shop Talk 20 One Woman's View 22 Napa Valley: Goosecross 24 Real Somm Stories 26 On the Road: Maison Louis Latour 28 Technology: Brett Detection 34 Steven Spurrier's Letter from London 36 Events: Boulder Burgundy Festival 37 Wine Essay Winner: Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at Meadowood Napa Valley 38 The Business End 42 Carte Blanche 48 Meet the Wine Director: Bill Summerville 49 Cellar View: Alexander Jules Sherry 50 The Quaff Report 80 Oklahoma City's Gastronomic Scene 82 Continuing Education 85 Arizona Wine Industry Update 86 Andrea Robinson's Top Taster 88 Our Man in Champagne 89 Blind Tasting with Deborah Parker Wong 90 Closing Time