Reds, Whites & News: Secrets of Sommeliers, San Francisco

You go to a fancy restaurant. The sommelier comes to your table and starts chatting. You don’t know squat about wine and can’t tell the dif between a Cab Sauv, a Merlot or a Sirah. What do you do to look intelligent without revealing your ignorance?

This intriguing story in yesterday’s SF Chronicle interviews four of San Francisco’s rising sommelier stars in four of the hottest restaurants.