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The Nose Knows: The Remarkable Power of Smell

Here’s one of my aha! moments with wine: I’m a young sommelier, tasting a Gewurztraminer for placement on my wine list. With my nose deep in the glass, I sniff - and poof! In an instant, I’m ...

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Nose your Wine

In any given wine class at The Chopping Block, we spend a heck of a lot of time assessing the “nose,” or the smell of the wine, before we actually get to taste it. Sometimes I see students chomping ...

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