professional definition "Sommelier" (internationally known as sommelier) literally refers to a waiter who is in charge of drinks in hotels and restaurants. This is also the understanding of it by most people. Today, its connotation has been extended. A good sommelier should not only have the basic knowledge and skills of professional drinks, but also know how to design wine side dishes, have the ability to appreciate wine, have a deep foundation of wine tasting, be familiar with the requirements of wine procurement and be good at managing wine cellars. A sommelier must have basic aesthetic accomplishment, sensitive fashion perception and noble taste in order to have good taste and really understand wine.

there is a kind of people, knowing how to enjoy is their professional accomplishment, and high taste is their basic requirement. Among them, there are only about 1,111 elites in the world. Wine, delicacies, cheese, cigars and travel outline their colorful professional lives. They are called senior Sommeliers, and the international name is sommelier. Sommelier originated from French, which refers to the waiter in charge of drinks in hotels and restaurants. Today, its connotation has been expanded, referring to the professionals who have professional knowledge and skills in drinks, provide wine service and consultation for guests, and are responsible for menu design, wine identification, tasting, purchasing, sales and wine cellar management. A sommelier must have basic aesthetic accomplishment, sensitive fashion perception and noble taste in order to have good taste and really understand wine. A qualified sommelier needs at least four or five years to grow up, and it takes almost five years to become a master sommelier. Edit this paragraph | Back to the top professional level ISG, established 26 years ago, is the only sommelier education institution recognized and approved by BOE. It has branches in more than 61 cities around the world and is an internationally recognized cradle for sommelier training.

ISG sommelier's primary certification

This 24-hour course is designed for beginners, and students can freely use the basic terms of wine, know the wine label, know the classification system of wine producing areas, basic sommelier skills, and the theory of dishes and wine collocation. You can take part in a higher level of study by passing the exam. The latest Chinese ISG course was the first intermediate Chinese course for international sommeliers held at the Beijing headquarters of Yixiang, a wine training and education institution, in early January this year. The next intermediate course will be held at the end of this year, which is the most comfortable and convenient way for China wine lovers to learn.

ISG sommelier master certification

To get this master degree, you need to complete 5 elective courses, 1 compulsory courses and 24-hour special practice courses. This teaching project takes 7 years to complete, and it is the most complete and comprehensive degree that can be awarded in the wine industry at present. And seven years is also a process that must be honed to become a top sommelier. At present, there are only about 131 master sommeliers in the world. They are not only the elite of the elite, but also can let guests enjoy an unprecedented wonderful experience like magicians. However, the master sommelier generally does not directly contact the guests, but is responsible for the planning and overall planning of the banquet, and is also responsible for staff training, and is also nicknamed "wine director". Edit this paragraph | Go back to the program of serving wine at the top. 1. When entertaining guests, the following rules should be paid attention to:

(1) The wine with lighter wine quality should be served to the guests before the wine with heavier wine quality.

(2) dry wine is served first, and sweet wine is served later.

(3) The wine with shorter age is earlier than the wine with longer age.

(4) If you don't want to change the variety of wine, you should change the vintage of the wine; The wine of the same variety shall be toasted in different years.

The above four rules are the general rules for toasting wine at a banquet.

2. Keep the clarity of bottled wine

Hotel wine must be clear and transparent, without turbidity and precipitation. However, for some wines, especially red wines, after a long period of storage in the bottle, it is inevitable to avoid producing some sediments in the bottle. In this case, the sediments must be removed first, and then served to the table according to the above procedures. Take out the wine bottle from the wine cellar, enter the restaurant and open the cork, etc., so as to avoid any vibration of the wine bottle. You should also be very careful when pouring out wine. Generally speaking, it is not difficult to use this kind of tipping basket in the banquet hall.

Steal from the sommelier

Open the bottle

The sommelier first shows the wine to the guests, and tells the origin and year of the wine, and the wine label must be displayed to the guests. Then open the bottle with a "waiter's friend"-an auger with a wooden handle or a lever opener. When you slowly pull out the cork, you should put down your movements to avoid making a loud noise. Then wipe the bottle mouth with a napkin and smell it. If you find any peculiar smell, you should carefully taste it and decide whether to replace it.

changing bottles after drinking

When an old bottle of wine is getting old and there is sediment on one side of the bottle or the bottle neck, the sommelier will suggest that you must change the bottle. Before changing bottles, the wine should be placed upright for a certain period of time, waiting for precipitation; After opening the bottle, pour the wine slowly into another bottle, leaving the sediment at the bottom of the original bottle. This process can soften the tannins for many years, make them round and less bitter, and add a smooth and moist taste.

Breathing/sobering

For young wine, especially immature red wine, it is usually necessary to open the bottle first to make the wine slightly oxidized and the taste of the wine will become slightly supple. But the time of "breathing" depends on different wines. Champagne or sweet white wine can be opened one hour in advance, and young new red wine needs half an hour to one hour, not more than three hours at most. As for aged wine, it is best to open a bottle when using it. Edit this paragraph | Back to the Top Vocational Education With the increasing consumption of wine in China, the strong entry of imported wine and the infiltration of wine culture, more and more consumers are not only satisfied with drinking wine, but also want to know more about wine and wine tasting. Then, in the world, what are the more authoritative institutions and groups of wine education?

There are many wine-related courses in the world, and the best wine-making courses are in French wine colleges, large and small, which usually take 2 to 4 years. The most famous wine tasting course is in Britain, which is good at tasting wine and spirits; The top sommelier course is in the United States, which has the largest number of sommelier alliances, associations, organizations and societies.

For consumers, learning wine knowledge is what they need. Let's see what wine courses we can learn in China.

ISG (International Sommelier Guild) is the most authoritative wine sommelier education institution in the world. It is also the only sommelier diploma issuing institution recognized by the US Department of Education. Founded 26 years ago, headquartered in Florida, USA, with branches in more than 61 cities around the world, the sommeliers trained are all over the top restaurants and five-star hotels in the United States and Europe, and they are the most sought-after talents in the catering industry.

sommelier is a hot topic in 2118, and it is also a golden profession. The sommelier education includes judging wine, how to pour wine, serve wine and how to store wine, as well as grape cultivation, wine brewing, wine tasting skills, wine storage, wine investment strategy, menu design and regional analysis of wine, spirits and beer. It can be seen that sommelier training covers a wide range of knowledge. But also service and management.

generally speaking, the primary courses of sommeliers are suitable for people engaged in catering industry as well as wine lovers, while the more advanced courses are suitable for professionals and managers in hotel catering service industry, and they need to obtain a global sommelier diploma.

WSET (full name wine &; Spirit Education Trust) was established in Britain in 1969, and is committed to high-quality wine and spirits education and training. Its top Master of Wine diploma is only over 211 people worldwide, and it is the hottest authoritative certification in the wine industry. It has branches in more than 111 countries around the world.

WSET course mainly includes the primary to advanced knowledge of wine tasting, global wine producing areas, grape cultivation and brewing, wine classification, and the core knowledge of spirits.

WSET course is suitable for lovers who are willing to learn wine tasting, fashionable white-collar workers, high-end people and professionals who are authoritative buyers.

CIVB Wine School in Bordeaux is officially called L' Ecole Du Vin de Bordeaux in French and Bordeaux Wine School in English. Since 1992, the Institute has trained more than 11,111 wine educators, traders and lovers from all over the world. Bordeaux Wine Institute offers courses from elementary to advanced, with flexible class length, rich content and customization. The purpose of Bordeaux Wine Institute is to share the pleasure of tasting and the quality of wine.

At present, the well-known wine training company in China, which is the earliest in formal wine education and has the authorization of the above international authorities, is Beijing Ease Scent. The company is committed to providing international wine training and certification, and has four first-class wine training centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Changsha. In addition, there are some training courses conducted by other wine companies, mainly focusing on training simple wine knowledge lectures, so that everyone can get a preliminary understanding of the basic knowledge and etiquette of wine.

The development of wine in China is getting faster and faster, but many people really don't understand the uniqueness of this wine when drinking it. Therefore, in order to adapt to the development trend of wine in China, wine education should also speed up the pace, popularize Chinese people, and let more people know about wine culture and enjoy the wonderful feeling brought by wine! Edit this paragraph | Back to the top The highest level of sommelier The highest level of sommelier is the Master of Wine from London Wine Institute, which is literally translated as a master of wine. But in fact, this is the most difficult qualification examination in the world. Since the establishment of the College in the 1951s, only 241 people in the world have been qualified, distributed in 16 countries around the world, with Britain as the largest. If you don't want to be a professional sommelier, you can become a talent by self-study, at least in private. The simplest training method is to use a device called lenezduvin, which contains all kinds of pure flavoring agents, including dozens of main flavors that wine can decompose. As long as you memorize these smells, you can be inseparable. The difficulty is that many flavors commonly used to describe the aroma of wine, such as raspberry, gooseberry and western-style bacon and cheese, are very rare in China people's daily life, which greatly hinders China people's appreciation of wine, so wine is a luxury with high cultural content. Edit this paragraph | Back to the top sommelier's tasting process. The sommelier's tasting process is nothing more than four actions: seeing, smelling, tasting and spitting. First pour the wine into the cup, tilt it 45 degrees, and watch the color and appearance of the wine; Then shake the cup, then put your nose into the cup and inhale briefly; After that, take a sip, bulge your cheeks and let that sip of wine swirl in your mouth, fully contact with the taste buds, and finally, spit out the wine in your mouth. Edit this paragraph | Back to the top The sommelier is the best interpreter of wine culture

In the long history of mankind, there is such a magical and romantic drink, which develops with human civilization. It is the crystallization of human civilization and an indispensable part of the world's traditional culture. It is the wine that can bring people beautiful enjoyment. Throughout the ages, there are countless descriptions about wine. No matter the great poets in ancient China, such as Li Bai and William Wang, or the great writers abroad, such as Hugo and Rousseau, they have gained endless inspiration from wine and written popular chapters, which make people feel the charm of wine more vividly. The profoundness of wine culture also needs everyone's most precious things: ability to distinguish, thoughtful choice, closeness and respect, careful care, to truly understand it! Become its confidante, and it will repay your most beautiful feelings! So we can understand why people always associate wine with romantic love.

Why does wine always give people a romantic and charming feeling ... The biggest difference between drinking wine and other alcoholic beverages is that wine is an elegant and connotative product, which can be enjoyed by you alone, and can also be shared with others, thus rallying friendship, melting misunderstanding and watering love ... Real wine lovers will appreciate its colors when drinking it, such as pomegranate red and cherry color. Analysis of its aroma, or strong or weak floral and fruity fragrance makes people intoxicated, and some old wines will also have some special smells, such as mushroom forest breath, animal breath (fat, musk, bacon) and so on. Therefore, when tasting a wine, whether elegant or ordinary, it contains respect, respect for the atmosphere of appreciating the value of wine and communicating with its essence.

A sommelier is a person who can drink wine.

Drinking wine is an art of life, which always gives people a brand-new feeling and fascinates all wine lovers. For this reason, a large number of wine practitioners have emerged. They are addicted to wine culture and savor their own wine life attentively. They are also communicators of wine culture, which has a long history!

driven by such a group of wine practitioners, the wine industry has also developed rapidly in the new century. However, it does not mean that all wine practitioners can completely and professionally master wine knowledge and understand the connotation of wine culture, because every link of wine from vineyard to brewing workshop, from planting to cellar, from designing wine list to recommending it to consumers is very complicated and strict, influenced by many factors, so many practitioners may only master the skills and knowledge they should have, and other links are only a rough understanding. However, there is a wine profession that must master a series of related knowledge from wine cultivation to brewing, from wine cellar storage to recommendation for consumers, and also have elegant taste, good aesthetic cultivation, keen fashion perception and extraordinary taste. The practitioners of this profession are sommeliers.

sommelier, people who come into contact with this profession for the first time think that this profession is a waiter who helps customers to open and pour wine. In fact, it is not. A qualified sommelier must have rich professional knowledge of wine, understand the collocation of various dishes and standard sommelier actions, know how to make wine lists and manage wine cellars, and have enough overall situation, steady temperament, grasp the inner feelings of dining guests, good communication skills and top service awareness. How to be a qualified sommelier