Our blind tasting bonus episode is back! In this month's installment, GuildSomm Education Director MS Christopher Tanghe speaks with sommeliers Chuck Nix and Lindsay Thomas about how they approach blind tasting. Chuck is the sommelier and service manager at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi. Lindsay is the director of wine and beverage at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas.
Listen in as Chuck and Lindsay blind taste the same wine, and see if you can guess along with them. We'll reveal the wine they're tasting at the end of the episode.
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Chuck Nix is a sommelier and service manager at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi. He is a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas, and a Certified Specialist of Wine with The Society of Wine Educators. Chuck started his career in the hospitality nearly 20 years ago and has focused on wine for the past decade.
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Lindsay Thomas is the director of wine and beverage at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas. She is an Advanced Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas. Lindsay has worked in restaurants in New York City, Washington DC, and Houston. Prior to her current role, she worked at Camerata at Paulie's and Pappas Bros. Steakhouse, both in Houston.
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Yay Lindsay!!! Great job!