Site Meter Wine Outlook » Blog Archive » Why you should trust me when it comes to wine

Why you should trust me when it comes to wine

by Farley

Just wanted to start with some credentials and an explanation as to why I am so into wine….

Back home, I got into it working at a restaurant that won the Wine Spectator award year after year. (If you happen to pass through Jackson, MS, scoot over to Highland Village and eat at Bravo—I highly recommend the smoked salmon pizza with a glass of sparkling or penne with beef tenderloin paired with a nice Pinot Noir). With a great wine list and generous discount, I’d go there often and have a bottle with friends. It became a game to see what kind of dent I could make. A fairly large one, I found.

Several years and wine books later, I decided I wanted a job in the business. With my introductory sommelier test behind me and a few articles for Jackson publications, I charmed my way into the Thomas Fogarty tasting room. There I pour wine, sell it, sometimes help bottle it, pick the grapes, write the tasting menu, edit and write for the newsletter, and pretty much everything that is needed. No job too big or small.

And just the other day I realized that a large portion of my income is spent on wine. I have amassed quite a collection, considering my budget. For a girl who used to spend more on shoes and clothes, my wardrobe has definitely suffered consequently. Yet every time I bring another bottle (or four) home, I tell myself—it’s all in the name of research. Right?

,

Did You Enjoy this Post? Subscribe to Wine Outlook. It's Free!

Posted in people in wine, places to go, the south on October 12th, 2006

Link to this Entry

Recent Posts

Related Posts

2 Responses to “Why you should trust me when it comes to wine”

  1. Jenny Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 10:40 am

    Hey, welcome to 451! I write the Coaching Cooking blog and I’d love to collaborate with you sometime. You mentioned that you work for Thomas Fogarty which is so cool because I’ve met him (my dad used to work for him). Anyway, rock on…
    Take care,
    Jenny

  2. John Baker Says:
    October 19th, 2006 at 7:27 pm

    Great website. Well done. Extremely informative.You are definitely in the right job at the right winery.
    John Baker
    Missy’s dad

Leave a Reply


About Wine Outlook

This site is your go-to for answers about wine, courtesy of someone in the business. Firsthand knowledge and hours of research logged each week provide informed and impassioned suggestions for what wine to serve with meals (sometimes with recipes), places to go for education or fun, and what to buy or not buy. Wine Outlook is where you go when you’ve had too much to drink or not enough.

Wine Outlook Author(s)
    » Farley

NAVIGATE

LINKS

CATEGORIES

TOP COMMENTERS

RECENT COMMENTS

SUBSCRIBE

ARCHIVES

Blogging Flair

Add to Technorati Favorites Top Food & Drink blogs Food & Drink Blogs - Blog Top Sites As Seen on Delightfulblogs.com

 

Food, Cooking & Wine Channel Links

 

Food, Cooking & Wine Channel Posts

  • Fall foods
    I know that we're well into October and the weather has been on the chilly side. But I've still been in denial about it being fall. This CSA share is proof that it's summer no more. Two heads [...]
  • Last of the Conflux food (but not the summer wine?)
    This is another dish we didn't use but which the testers loved. Leg of lamb, Boulangère. Season a leg of lamb with salt and pepper, and rub with garlic and butter. Put in roasting pan with a [...]
  • Happy Conflux recipes
    The sherbet or sorbet was another dish that the chef used his background for. He had done a Titanic menu previously and is perfectly familiar with the palate cleansing sorbet of the period, so [...]
  • Peel it, Juice it and Eat it....the Pomegranate
    The pomegranate has a brilliant colored red juice and the seeds, that are colored the same amazing red, can stain a lot of clothing and even your favorite apron. The tiny little sack that hold a [...]
  • Be an Artist of Wine
    Next Wednesday--one week from tonight--will be the last wine seminar of the year at Rosenblum Cellars, hosted by yours truly. The Art of Blending will take place from 6:30 to 8:30pm at the winery [...]
  • More recipes!
    Canapes – there were so many delicious canapé recipes to choose from and they all tested well. I chose simple ones that met everyone's dietary requirements. BLACK OLIVES Pit black olives, [...]
  • Limited Edition Snickers Dark Mix
    I am always up to giving something labeled dark chocolate a try even though so many times I end up disappointed with it tasting too much like milk chocolate. Usually just a look at the [...]
  • Cooking with Beef
    • Beef, Vegetable and Noodle Skillet Serves: 6 1 pkg. shells and cheese dinner 1 lb. extra lean ground beef 1/2 cup Italian dressing 1 bag frozen veggie blend, thawed 1 tsp. dried basil [...]
  • Halloween Orange York Peppermint Patties
    I found these Dark Chocolate Covered Peppermint Pattie Pumpkins the other day at Target and since they were on sale for $2 I picked up a bag of them. They basically are just regular York [...]
  • Banquet recipes #1
    Fruit cocktail This is one of the recipes we gave to the hotel as a guideline, not as a recipe. I'm giving you two here, but it shows the sort of cocktail one can service in this sort of time [...]

 

Hot Off The Press