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[wondersofwine]

Congrats on your job. "Faking It" on TLC had an episode last night about a Chicago beer drinker (captain of the U.S.A. beer drinking team!) who knew nothing about wines. In three weeks of mentoring by sommeliers from San Francisco Ritz Carlton, he was prepped to fool professionals in a sommelier competition. He probably could have passed if at the end of the evening the judges weren't told that one was "faking it." He fooled the professional sommelier (!) but was picked out as the inexperienced one by a Zagat food/wine reporter and a restauranteur with 20 years in the business.
It made for an interesting and tense tv program.
P.S. I like reality tv when it meshes with my interests--this episode on learning about wines, or "Amazing Race" where teams travel around the world to interesting and exotic locales (Austria, India, Thailand, Alaska, etc.).

[This message has been edited by wondersofwine (edited 07-14-2003).]