IN THE PRESS

 

 

August 2010 - Steven Damiani, has been a mission to get his customers to widen their cheese repertoires and in addition to stocking a terrific variety and hectoring folks to abandon their Jarlsberg in favor of something more interesting, he also conducts these occasional seminars. His partner in crime is Jake Young, the very charming and knowledgeable sommelier from Rothmann’s Steakhouse in East Norwich who also does wine consulting.

 

Damiani and Young’s first event highlighted the cheeses and wines of France. This week we moved to Spain. About 80 people had signed up; we sat on folding chairs while young women in black trousers and tight white blouses came around with cubes of cheese and glasses of wine. There was plenty to eat and drink. read more

 

 

 

Jake Young passes the Court of Master Sommelier’s Advanced Exam.

CINCINNATI, OH – Aug 2010 - After five days of intense lectures and examinations, and months, if not years, of study, eleven sommeliers successfully passed the Court of Master Sommeliers’ Advanced Exam on Friday, August 13. Held at the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State University, the Advanced Exam is the third in a series of four increasingly challenging tests of knowledge and skill offered by the Court, and is designed to distinguish those candidates with a superior understanding of wine theory and the beverage service industry, as well as a highly sophisticated tasting ability. Having successfully cleared this hurdle, these eleven individuals from across North America are now setting their sights on achieving the highest sommelier designation in the world, that of Master Sommelier. read more...

 

 

 

Consultant Has Software for Sippers-

 

 

November 12, 2009 - Young has a consultancy many would thirst for. He's a wine consultant. read more...

 

 

 

Meet the Francs

 

Nov 2009 - A long time ago in Southern France a brash young grape named Cabernet Franc met a wild young beauty named Sauvignon Blanc. The two grapes fell madly in love and propagated a child called Cabernet Sauvignon.

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The Scene on Wine

Nov 2009 - During the financial pinch of 2009 there has been an increase in conversation about value driven wines.  Argentina, Chile and South Africa always prevail during these discussions for good reasons.  In the Southern hemisphere land and labor are cheap, the dollar benefits on the exchange rate, and these sun baked regions rarely if ever suffer a bad vintage.

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