HELP, I need help on the literature of wine!!

[Botafogo]

And I am 44 have been a Sommelier at the highest levels for decades and now run one of the premier wine shops in America and I learn something EVERYDAY and I didn't learn enough to do that job for a five star restaurant in the first TEN years.

This is a serious business, like being a musician, and you cannot just "jump in", you have to absorb hundreds of years of information and thousands of names of products and styles and it takes time, period. I stand by my question. If what you are going to do is check inventories and re order from a list of preselected wines approved by the ACTUAL purchasing manager, then you'll be ok. Otherwise I fear for the diners. Just the facts.

And yes I am aware of the laws governing alcohol in many countries as I do direct importing and marketing on a worldwide basis (I am going to Brasil to follow up on importing Cachaças de Minas Gerais on Saturday).

Roberto

PS: if your posting is in Europe, they are going to smack that attitude right back at you with glee.