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Clips from Somm

"SIX MONTHS LATER,"
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"SUDDENLY THE PHONE STARTS RINGING FOR OPPORTUNITIES--"
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"UM, TO TRAVEL, TO SPEAK, UM, TO TEACH."
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"SLOWLY BUT SURELY,"
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"YOUR LIFE GETS BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER,"
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"AND I'M A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT."
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"WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN THIS PROGRAM, I DIDN'T EVEN OWN A SUIT."
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"I BORROWED A SUIT FOR THE MASTER'S EXAM."
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"IT HAS BEEN VALUABLE BEYOND WORDS FOR ME,"
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"FOR MY BUSINESS,"
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"AND I'M SURE THAT THESE GUYS WILL PROBABLY FIGURE THAT OUT WHEN THEY PASS AS WELL."
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"YOUR HEAD LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE, NICE AND SHAVED."
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"- IT'S A LITTLE SCRUFFLY TODAY. - A LITTLE SCRUFFY TODAY?"
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"- I'LL BE NICE AND POLISHED UP FOR THE EXAM, THOUGH. - EXCELLENT."
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"YOUR TASTINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY FLUID."
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"THEY HAVE GREAT PACING, WITH A LOT OF GREAT DESCRIPTORS,"
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"AND I SUSPECT THAT TODAY WILL BE NO DIFFERENT."
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"IAN, HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A LITTLE BIT,"
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"BUT YOU'VE BEEN TASTING WELL, I HEAR."
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"SO, WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS TASTING, AND REMEMBER, UM,"
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"IT'S A TIMED TASTING."
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"- ARE YOU DOING RELAXATION TECHNIQUES? - ABSOLUTELY NOT."
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"I DRINK COFFEE ALL THE TIME AND STAY UP LATE AND STUDY."
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"WELL, RELAX. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF."
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"EAT RIGHT. SLEEP RIGHT."
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"GO WATCH A MOVIE, GO HAVE A MASSAGE."
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"DO THE THINGS THAT'LL HELP YOU RELAX."
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"- DOESN'T THAT SOUND GOOD? - SOUNDS GOOD."
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"BUT I REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S A KEY THING,"
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"BUT ABOVE ALL, ESPECIALLY NOW, AS YOU GET CLOSER,"
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"AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE'S KIND OF LIKE"
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"THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, SO TO SPEAK,"
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"UM, ANXIETY AND NERVOUSNESS MANIFESTS ITSELF"
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"IN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE."
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"SO JUST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO,"
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"UM, MAYBE DO ONE OR TWO MORE TASTINGS AND RELAX."
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"SO WHEN YOU GET TO THE FIRST ONE,"
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"I'LL GO AHEAD AND START TIMING YOU."
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"- READY? - YEP. WHEN YOU'RE READY, YOU'RE READY."
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"WINE ONE IS A WHITE WINE. THE WINE IS CLEAR. THE WINE IS DAY BRIGHT."
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"THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF GAS OR FLOCCULATION IN MY GLASS."
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"NOSE IS CLEAN, YOUTHFUL. MEDIUM-PLUS INTENSITY OF AROMAS."
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"WE'VE GOT KIND OF CANDIED CITRUS HERE."
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"- LEMON CURD. - REALLY RIPE LEMON, CANDIED LEMON."
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"PALATE?"
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"DRY WINE. MEDIUM-PLUS BODY."
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"[ inhales sharply ] ALCOHOL."
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"[ breathes audibly ]"
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"WINE'S DRY. MEDIUM-PLUS BODY."
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"WINE IS DRY. FULL BODY."
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"NO SIGNS OF NEW OAK ON THE WINE."
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"THERE'S A LOT OF NEW FRENCH OAK ON THIS WINE."
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"APPEARS TO BE SOME OAK ON THIS WINE,"
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"SOME VANILLA, SOME CLOVE, CINNAMON, BAKING SPICES."
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"CINNAMON, NUTMEG, CARDAMOM, BAKING SPICES."
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"I WANT TO CHANGE THAT."
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"THERE IS CINNAMON, NUTMEG, CLOVE, VANILLA, SOME BAKING SPICES."
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"ACID'S MEDIUM."
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"ACIDITY ON THE WINE IS... [ smacking lips ]... MEDIUM."
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"ACID IS, UH, MEDIUM-PLUS."
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"IN ITS CONCLUSION, THIS IS AN OLD WORLD WINE..."
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"POSSIBLE GRAPE VARIETALS INCLUDE CHARDONNAY, MARSANNE-ROUSSANNE."
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"THIS WINE IS FROM THE NEW WORLD, FROM A WARM CLIMATE,"
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"DUE TO THE MEDIUM ACID AND THE HIGH ALCOHOL."
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"VERY GLOSSY, VERY EXTRACTED, LOTS OF GLYCEROL."
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"CHARDONNAY FROM BURGUNDY."
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"IT'S POSSIBLE THIS IS A VERY RIPE, MODERN BURGUNDY AS WELL,"
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"BUT I HAVE TO GO WITH MY GUT HERE."
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"FINAL CONCLUSION, THIS IS CHARDONNAY, FROM FRANCE."
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"IT'S FROM BURGUNDY."
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"I'M GONNA SAY OLD WORLD, FRANCE."
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"UM, IT'S BURGUNDY."
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"UH... I'LL CALL THIS 2006."
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"FINAL CONCLUSION, THIS WINE IS FROM THE UNITED STATES."
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"THIS WINE IS FROM CALIFORNIA."
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"THIS WINE IS FROM SONOMA COUNTY."
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"THIS WINE IS FROM THE RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY."
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"THE GRAPE IS CHARDONNAY, UM, FROM THE 2008 VINTAGE,"
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"FROM A HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCER."
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"WINE NUMBER TWO IS A..."
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"WHITE WINE. THE WINE IS CLEAR."
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"- VISCOSITY IS... - MEDIUM-PLUS."
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"- MEDIUM-PLUS. - I'D CALL VISCOSITY HIGH ON THIS AS WELL."
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"- THE NOSE OF THE WINE IS CLEAN... - CLEAN, YOUTHFUL."
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"FIRST THING THAT'S COMING OUT HERE IS SOME PEACHY APRICOT NOTES."
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"- CANNED PEACHES. - LITTLE BIT OF PEACH-- SLIGHTLY OXIDIZED WHITE PEACH."
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"DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY NEW OAK ON THE WINE."
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"- NO SIGNS OF OAK. - LIGHT HINT OF OAK ON THE PALATE."
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"- WELL, THIS WINE IS DRY. - THE WINE IS DRY."
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"THE ACID IS MEDIUM-MINUS."
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"- MEDIUM-MINUS. - MEDIUM."
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"- ALCOHOL IS HIGH. - HIGH."
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"- HIGH. - THIS IS VIOGNIER FROM FRANCE,"
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"FROM RHONE VALLEY, NORTHERN RHONE."
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"- THIS IS CONDRIEU. - I THINK THIS WINE IS FROM FRANCE."
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"THIS WINE IS FROM THE RHONE VALLEY."
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"THIS WINE IS FROM THE NORTHERN RHONE VALLEY."
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"THIS IS A ROUSANNE-MARSANNE BLEND FROM THE HILL OF HERMITAGE."
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"NEW WORLD. NORTH AMERICA. CALIFORNIA."
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"CLOS VIOGNIER, FROM SONOMA COUNTY,"
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"TWO THOUSAND AND... 2009 VINTAGE."
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"WINE NUMBER THREE IS A CLEAR, STAR BRIGHT WHITE WINE."
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"IT IS CLEAN, YOUTHFUL, UH, AGAIN,"
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"HIGH INTENSITY OF AROMAS."
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"FANTASTIC. NOT SURE WHERE TO GO WITH THIS."
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"I'M GONNA GO BACK THAT WINE. WHEW. WINE NUMBER FIVE..."
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"[EXHALES] FLAILING HERE. UM..."
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"WINE IS WELL BALANCED, UH, WITH A MEDIUM-PLUS LENGTH,"
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"MEDIUM-PLUS COMPLEXITY. INITIAL CONCLUSION"
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"[ exhales heavily ] UH, FALLING APART HERE."
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"UM..."
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"CALL IT A BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, 2004..."
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"STOP. STOP THE TIME. WHEN YOU GO IN AND YOU TAKE THAT TEST,"
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"YOU'RE GONNA HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME KIND OF FEELINGS,"
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"- RIGHT? - YEAH."
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"IT'S GONNA BE THIS FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS,"
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"THAT IF I TAKE A LEFT TURN,"
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"MY BACK'S GONNA BE AGAINST THE WALL, SO THIS IS A GOOD THING."
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"AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, BEING SO CLOSE TO THE EXAM,"
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"I WAS KIND OF KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED FOR A CONFIDENCE BOOSTER."
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