Selling Wine

Since I was getting so interested in wine, I volunteered to take over the maintenance of the wine list at the Triangle, which got me into all the distributor's trade tastings. There I began to develop a palate, tasting wines from all over the world next to each other and discussing them with people who had some real experience and taking notes on what I was tasting.

Through going to tastings and talking to people about wine, I met more serious wine tasters and collectors. At private tastings with them, I got to try wines that I would never spend my own money to buy. I also got the benefit of their experience as we tasted together. I heard them talk about what they liked or didn't like about a wine. I learned how to evaluate and quantify what I liked or didn't like about what I was tasting, as well as gaining a broader understanding of national and regional differences in winemaking.