I want to extend an enormous thank you to the Guild of Sommeliers and Ruinart for making the trip to Champagne a reality; it was truly an honor to be a part of such an experience. To give future competitors some insight to the itinerary we all experienced I thought I might write about some of the highlights:
When I first sat down to the examination with 19 other competitors in the Chicago area, I hadn't the slightest…