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While still consulting on beverage programs, the entrepreneurial somm builds a portfolio
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Somms and beverage directors share their most revelatory wine moments
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From determined college dropout to Master Sommelier, television personality, and restaurant owner, Chicago’s celeb somm has done it all
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A second-career certified somm takes the SevenFifty Daily Supertasters challenge
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The Nomad wine director puts his blind-tasting superpowers to the test