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So essentially Jenny and I have thrown down the gauntlet, and the only ones to pick it up are ourselves. What, you ask, could possibly inspire these two aspiring and knowledge-thirsty Ladies of Learning to take up such an adventurous task? Our intense fear of boredom? Our anxiety about being obsolete, unwanted, irrelevant? Our deficient sense of self?

Contrary to popular belief, we lead very substantive lives filled with depth and meaning. We are merely cursed with a drive that compels us, no, propels us to eternally search, seek, learn, educate.

Our first topic is summed up easily with the word "sommelier." We're gonna figure out some difficult things and some other fun things. Most of the time, it's to help us be and feel better informed about aspects of our lives so that what we do has a sense of meaning and significance.

We both love wine but don't drink it very much so we know so very little. Here and now we'll take up questions and consider answers that deal with being a wine connoisseur.

What are some questions that might cross our minds when we think of wines and master sommelier?

1. How do you describe various kinds of wine? What are the typical jargon, vocabulary, that would be used to accurately describe reds, whites, dessers, etc.?
2. How does a sommelier describe the regions, vintages, seasons, etc?
3. How do you select which wines for which food dishes?
4. Which wine glasses are most appropriate for which wine types?
5. What is the best sweet wine?
6. How do you make red wine?
   
7. What's the different between port and dessert wine?
   

There's so much more, but let's start with some of these and we'll go from there...