The SOMM Journal

May 12-14, 2016 | CENTRAL COAST, CA Wine Pairing ● Grand Tasting ● Wine & Oysters Gala ● Winemaker Dinners ● Awards Ceremony ● Wine Seminars

• Cover
• Letter from the Publisher
• PRESERVE AND PROTECT
• Editor's Notebook
• Notebook
• Appellations: Alexander Valley
• Women of the Vine: Margo Van Staaveren
• Technology: BinWise with Brahm Callahan, MS
• Italy: Kettmeir in Alto Adige
• One Woman's View: Domestic Cabernet Franc
• Planet Grape: Cahors
• Discoveries: La Voix
• Italy: Amarone Antiprima
• Chile: Carmen Gran Reserva
• #indiesomm
• Letter from London
• Bottom Line
• A Lifetime of Service: Renzo Rapacioli
• Real Somm Stories: Kevin Bartley
• Wine Lists: Rebekah Turpin at Culina
• Pacific Northwest: Reveal Walla Walla
• F&B: Michael Ploetz at The Peninsula Beverly Hills
• THE SOMMELIER AS WINEMAKER
• New Zealand: Echo Bay
• Education: Napa Valley Wine Academy
• THINKING BOLDLY, TREADINGLIGHTLY
• THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS FORTY YEARS LATER
• Quaff Report: Vinho Verde
• Denver Hospitality: Ryan Fletter
• Somm's List
• What's New with Kim Beto
• DON'T CALL IT CHAMPAGNE
• Date with a Somm: Liz Mendez
• A QUIET REVOLUTION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
• Wine Heritage: Morocco's Metamorphosis
• Tuscany: Castello di Verrazzano
• Roads Less Travelled: Somms off the Floor
• Fine Spirits: Pasote Tequila
• Fine Spirits: New Irish Pot Still Whiskeys
• Bordeaux: Château Cos d'Estournel
• WHAT DOESN'T QUENCHYOU MAKES YOU STRONGER
• Closing Time: Guillem Kerambrun