My guest this week is Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein, President and Chief Education Officer at FULL CIRCLE WINE SOLUTIONS, INC. We’ll be talking about Evans journey in wine from working at his Moms restaurant “Square One” in San Francisco to the company he founded and the new project he’s bringing to wine enthusiasts and professionals early in 2019; “Master The World – Taste with Focus. Taste Blind.”
You love wine. It is your passion. You just wish you could go further and learn about new regions, new grape varieties… Or maybe it gets deeper than that… you need to pass a wine certification exam to get ahead in your career, or you want to impress your wine-loving boss. Master the World presents a fun, effective way for you to hone your palate. Six 187ml bottles sent to you in a 100% recyclable kit on a monthly basis with an online site/app that takes you through how to evaluate wine, understand what you’re drinking and articulate what you like and what you know. Learn more about Master The World.
WHAT YOU GET – Each kit is a curated selection of six bottles of wine, with a tasting mat and instructions on how to use our site/app to evaluate these wines. Each bottle is 187 ml, which is about 6.3 fluid ounces. You can expect wines that are benchmark wines picked by our panel of Master Sommeliers that we have re-bottled into these 187ml bottles through an anaerobic (oxygen-free) process to maintain the quality of the wine. These are branded wines, not bulk wines and once you submit your deductions, you will see the full identities of the labels so it will be an open, honest process.
Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein (who passed his Court of Master Sommeliers’ certification in 1987 – long before “Somm” was a movie or Miles dissed Merlot in “Sideways”) has been in the restaurant and wine industry for 35 years. He has also written numerous books, including Perfect Pairings, Daring Pairings and Wines of South America, published by the University of California Press. With Evan’s expertise, we have developed a scoring algorithm for the evaluation tool and created the product’s content offerings. In addition to leading the wine selection panels, Evan will record educational videos showcasing different tasting techniques and pro-tips to enhance your wine tasting experience. Learn more about Evan. Follow Evan on Facebook and Twitter
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2016 Broc Cellars Chenin Blanc, Solano County, Green Valley California
This is Broc’s first vintage making Chenin Blanc from the Frei vineyard in Solano County’s Green Valley AVA, located across the Napa county line from Coombsville, in Napa’s southeasternmost corner. Cooled by air from the San Pablo Bay, this small viticultural area has a decidedly maritime climate. This wine, aged in handmade puncheons crafted by Stockinger (one of Austria’s, and Europe’s, finest artisanal cooperages), has incredible reserve, with a nose of lemon pith, hay, and woolen mittens that is a harbinger of the sturdy structure and linear acidity to be found on the palate. Only 118 cases made! ABV12%