As most of you are probably already aware, we do massive amounts of employee tastings and education. Each Tuesday, we have a morning hour long tasting that revolves around a specific sector (Burgundy, Bordeaux, Chile, you get it). In the afternoon, we supplemental tastings that are ½ hour long and are meant to be more fun. I’ve been trying to sneak more and more Champagne tastings into these because almost all of our (except one notable exception who shall not be mentioned) staff here in SF LOVE Champagne. I had planned on doing a look at soil and location on Tuesday, 4 June, but, one of our young “newbies”, Andrew Tobin, sommelier, came to me a few days previous and started asking all kinds of questions about our newly re-stocked Launois champagne.” Where is this winery?” “What are the differences between the various bottlings?” “What do they taste like?” So, on and so on. As I began to answer his questions, I thought of all of our new hires up here who had absolutely no info about these wines.
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