Master of wine vs Master sommelier: What’s the difference? – ask Decanter
We ask Gerard Basset MW MS OBE, who holds both...
Matt Stamp is a Master Sommelier who he has worked with the Guild of Sommeliers since 2009 and he currently serves as the education director. He is a Decanter contributor and he was listed as one of Wine Enthusiast magazine’s ‘Top 40 Under 40’ in 2013. In 2010 he won the Top Somm competition in the US and was named ‘America’s Top Sommelier’. In 2017 he opened Compline – a wine bar, wine shop and restaurant in Napa Valley – with Ryan Stetins. He also runs wine education courses focusing on various regions ranging from Champagne to Santorini.
We ask Gerard Basset MW MS OBE, who holds both...
Struggle to find a Zinfandel you enjoy? Matt Stamp MS explains his love of the variety...
Earning the title of Master Sommelier is no easy feat...
SOMM, the 2012 Napa Valley Film Festival’s headlining film and debut feature from director Jason Wise, attempts to pull back the curtain on the mysterious Master Sommelier Exam.
Dustin Wilson is wine director for Eleven Madison Park, one of an elite group of restaurants in New York to hold both three Michelin stars, and four stars from the New York Times. He is one of the four sommeliers entering the Master Sommelier Exam featured in the new wine film, Somm.