Maderia, Michael

Author's Note: I am a Certified Sommelier, having taken and passed two of the four level exams of the Court of Master Sommeliers. I did this over the course of three days about six years ago because, having been largely self-taught throughout my hospitality career, I wanted to see how the official wine people do things. These days I work as the wine sommelier at a private golf club and take on as students members of the staff who want to prepare for the first level exam. I enjoy that mentor-student relationship, and have found myself succumbing to pride when one of my students has called or te...