Cork Dork: A Wine-Fuelled Journey into the Art of Sommeliers and the Science of Taste

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Throughout the year we will be hosting some fantastic evenings, such as wine tastings, cheese pairings and many more. What I find very troublesome about that is, this is a language that we’re trying to use to make wine lovers out of people who are merely wine curious,” she explained. Settle down with a glass of wine and savor this rollicking and lively tale of Bianca Bosker’s journey from rank amateur to ‘cork dork. Life goal: drink as much champagne as Ella Brennan, proprietor of Commander’s Palace and queen of New Orleans, when I’m 91.

With one caveat, I'd like to highly recommend the newly released Cork Dork by journalist and aspiring wine nerd Bianca Bosker.Despite studying all the written material that I could find, and tasting many, many wines, I still could not detect the smells and tastes that sommeliers said were present. The terminology of sommeliers and wine merchants (necrophiliacs, hand sells, trigger wines, and cougar juice, for a few).

She started as a complete novice who rarely drank wine, and interviewed experts in fields of food, wine, chemistry, and psychology to really unpack the reality of a sommelier’s skillset. The business is dedicated to ensuring wine lovers all over the world experience wine as it was born to be.I've watched television programs about people attempting to become sommeliers (Uncorked, for example), and found them fascinating. I found the whole thing to be super super interesting even though it was a crazy detailed road to a job. Despite the populism of the op-ed, Cork Dork’s focus on the most elite sommeliers and their rituals might just make wine more intimidating than ever. She's the girl at the party I always hate, but have to invite, because she's friends with BlahBlah and we'll never hear the end of it if she's slighted.