HELP!!!!

[TheEngineer]

A warm welcome from a fellow newbie. The people on this site are really nice and I'm sure you will learn a lot form them. A few things though before my $0.02.

First, as with any forum, you can learn a lot just by reading all the post that have already been posted. If you have not done this, there is a wealth of information already for you.

Also, any place that is trying to be five star rated must have some sort of training program in place for employees who need to work with wine. Nothing beats being in front of people who know wine and having them walk/train you with tastings.

A book like the Wine Bible is a great way to learn too, but this must be supplimented by tasting. The difference I see here is that you are doing this for a job. If you really want to get your feet wet, you can go to local wineries/wine shops when they have tastings and see if they can walk you through it. Buy a few bottles and learn them at home......might become a new hobby too!

Okay, so here we go. The question of learning everything about wine may be a bit...umm.....broad. It's a bit difficult to approach. This is why a book like the Wine Bible will help. They will break things down into descernable steps for you.

I think once you see this, then you can ask questions about (1)how to serve (2) what to serve at what temp (3) what goes well with what (4) what grapes go to make.

Then perhaps get into better questions about the history, or location of a certain wine region, thus giving your guest more of an experience.

This is not an easy 2 week thing. This will take much time and hopefully you will also enjoy it along the way. But seriously, I would start off in your hotel. If you really do need to be knowledgeable about wine, they should be making sure that you have this knowledge.

[This message has been edited by TheEngineer (edited 01-16-2005).]