Here’s a chance to learn how to taste wine with Gerrard Basset. Don’t over complicate it is the message. Try to determine a few variables, and then build on that. And take your time to smell. That’s very important. Smell is a very large part of the experience. Then don’t be a fool and sit [...]
Tags: Beginners Guide to Wine, Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel TerraVina, How to Taste Wine, Introduction to wine, Opening wine, Red wine, Wine tasting
Ok: A sommelier is basically a wine waiter. They will help you choose the right wine for the right price. There’s more to it than that of course: cellar management, creating the wine lists…but all you need to know is they will pair your food with wine if you ask them. Laura Rhys knows this [...]
Tags: Food and Leisure Career, Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel TerraVina, Laura Rhys, Ordering Wine, Restaurant Wine, UK Sommelier of the Year, Wine in the UK
Before we set off to Hotel TerraVina we asked if you the viewer had any questions for the big man, Gerard Basset. Thank you to both of you, here are your questions answered. Find out: Which grape variety, country and producer Msr. Basset has his eye on. What he sees as the difference between a [...]
Tags: Argentinian wine, Expensive wine, Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel TerraVina, Les Mirabelles restaurant, Malbec, Napa Valley, Wine questions
The World Sommelier Gerard Basset explains how you can approach wine and improve your drinking experience. When you start drinking wine, you tend to like bigger, obvious flavours, so work on trying to describe different, more complex wines. Try getting wines from places you don’t normally buy from – like Austria, Hungary or grapes you [...]
Tags: Buying wine, Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel TerraVina, Wine Glasses, Wine tasting
This video will change the way you order and drink wine. But some background: We’re at Hotel TerraVina, being hosted by Gerard Basset, the World’s Best Wine Sommelier, and cameraman says let’s go to the pub. We play darts, and sink four pints. Then we go back to the hotel for dinner, and Msr Basset [...]
Tags: Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel TerraVina, Red wine Portugal, Ways to describe wine, Wine descriptors
Gerard Basset is a wine celebrity like no other. He is currently World’s Best Sommelier – which means he is the best man on the planet for helping you choose what to drink. Fact. The co-founder of Hotel Du Vin is tireless in trying to break down wine snobbery and get people turned on to [...]
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