Uncorked

My husband and I have been watching a TV series on Esquire called Uncorked that follows six sommeliers as they prepare and take the exam to be come a Master Sommelier. For us, who are engaged in the growing and making of wine, it is a very interesting and intriguing show. The sommeliers in this series include:

• Josh Nadel, a wine director of six New York restaurants, whose years-long preparations for the exam have cost him friends, hobbies, and quality time with his wife
• Yannick Benjamin, a thirty-seven-year-old French-born somm who, despite being paralyzed from the waist down after a car crash, in 2003, has been undeterred in his quest to become a Master
• Morgan Harris, a somm at Aureole, has a habit of delivering impromptu wine lectures to strangers in bars
• Jane Lopes, a twenty-eight-year-old straight-A student-type and the only woman on the show, keeps color-coded binders containing her notes on wine theory (“I kind of like to create my own textbook,” she says)
• Dana Gaiser, a blind-tasting savant whose laid-back Miami beach vibe sometimes clashes with his buttoned-up profession
• Jack Mason, a churchgoer from rural Texas whose nerves frequently get the best of him

My husband says that one of these people did pass the test to become a Master Sommelier. I asked him not to tell me. Apparently there are 6 episodes in the series and we have seen three.