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Archive for Interviews
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Living And Loving The Funfair Of Wine
Dario Barbato enjoys wine with a true passion, from the ones still developing at a winery to the bottles from esoteric regions to the revered ones. This is what makes him a Sommelier.
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Frederic Marti: Adding another Dimension to Food with Wine
Frederic Marti believes that wine should be paired with food in a way that it adds another dimension to it.
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The Secret Vine
Elizabeth Mellish, Wine Buyer at The English Vine is Infusing a whiff of life into English wines by making them fun, approachable and interesting again.
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Alexandra Price at Bar Crispin
Alexandra Price manages the restaurant and wines at Bar Crispin, a new natural wine bar in the heart of Soho with an extensive list of around 150 wines.
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Intrigue, Delight, Profit
These are the cornerstones of a great wine list, and Eugenio Egorov makes it his mission to cover each as the Head Sommelier at the Dorchester.
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What grows together goes together
This is the pairing approach that Sommelier Stefan Kobald uses, matching wines with local, traditional dishes from that area.
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The Somm’s Personality writes the Wine List
Luigi Coco believes that a somm’s favourites should also drop into a wine list so it has a bit of their personality along with the other factors needed to create a great list.
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600 bins and climbing
Giuseppe Lacona may currently have 600 bins of exquisite wines in their cellar but he plans to up that number to have the best wine list in the City, with affordable prices and a unique selection.
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To Not Living Life Like a Rehearsal
A guest once told him that this life is not a rehearsal and Alexios Stasinopoulos keeps those words in mind to embrace challenge and change, rather than fear them.