How To Train For The World's Most Elite Wine Exam (HBO)

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  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  5 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    Most aspiring masters fall at the last hurdle - the blind tasting portion of the exam - where they are required to describe and identify the origin, grape, year, and quality of 6 wines - just by tasting them.
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    • @abishek9551
      @abishek9551 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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    • @sanyonazyin6063
      @sanyonazyin6063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well wine teacher Frédéric Brochet of the University of Bordeaux challenged several sommelier's to a series of simple tests, first one Brocet had taste one white wine and one rose wine, all of them described the wines differently. There was just one problem, it was the same wine in both bottles. Brochet had dyed one of the bottles of white wine red. 2nd one Brochet had them taste an expensive Grand Cru and a cheap table wine, again the participants described the 2 wines differently. But again there was the same problem Brochet had poured the same wine into 2 different bottles.

    • @Jankyito
      @Jankyito 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sanyonazyin6063 ah yes so when you trick people they get tricked. Great conclusion. Humans get the vast majority of their information of the world from eye sight, by adding artificial dyes not only can u end up changing the taste you also completely confuse the senses. That's why this final test is a BLIND taste test and not a let's color wine differently to trick people.
      I don't know what they were expecting to conclude with that study, all they concluded is when u trick someone into believing something theyre probably likely to trust you, especially in a lab test environment

    • @karanrawat5349
      @karanrawat5349 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Making continuous nebullar stellar clouds ☁️ by projecting (१.adan ki watika,2.in outer)space in every parsec(..)in N-E(.sleep.) direction(required or) and in every dimensions and as per required.

    • @mrartdeco
      @mrartdeco 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My friend who is not even a sommelier can predict the origin, grape, and year of the concealed bottle. 😂
      It’s always crazy to behold

  • @davidread7060
    @davidread7060 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6987

    Vincent and Jeremy passed the 2019 test and are now master sommeliers for those wondering.

    • @blacklightavenue8638
      @blacklightavenue8638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      That's good

    • @notbutta
      @notbutta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      that's incredible and awesome to hear

    • @BayouBarbie504
      @BayouBarbie504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +287

      You can tell he didn't cheat. He was too proud to wear that pen!

    • @rachaelshay7649
      @rachaelshay7649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Fabulous! Thank you for letting us know.

    • @miketheman4341
      @miketheman4341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did he cheat?

  • @paulargier
    @paulargier 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1766

    0:26 "I smell lemon, chamomile...
    (sweat drips into the glass)
    ...ocean brine."

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Skunk, cat piss, polonium... Must be a Soviet wine.

    • @rosegold973
      @rosegold973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @willmerwin2226
      @willmerwin2226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      her face lmfao

    • @j.masonbrown6216
      @j.masonbrown6216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      excellent comment

    • @Popzugzugz
      @Popzugzugz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ocean brine 💀💀💀

  • @romulus_
    @romulus_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3769

    the test is intentionally too difficult if someone who is a master couldn't pass it repeatedly. it's a guild system to protect the monetary benefits and perceived elite status of the people who have passed.

    • @JonathanXLindqviust
      @JonathanXLindqviust 5 ปีที่แล้ว +305

      It's the emperors new clothe. What is the purpouse of being able to be an expert at tastes that less than 300 people on earth can even distinguish? What a sham

    • @CordyteActual
      @CordyteActual 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      As a Certified Somm, I can agree to an extent.

    • @sunprincipe4711
      @sunprincipe4711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      This is essential to classical French service. As a Chef I adore a good Sommelier.
      Bravo to all who continue this important tradition. Try and try again! This is a great lesson for all of us! Was my first souffle perfect? Oh no. Disaster. Did I test myself every time I had to cook for someone? Of course. We are all tested every day. Its what we do with that work that matters. The court does not determine your worth. Your integrity does.

    • @ozzyflores9931
      @ozzyflores9931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@sunprincipe4711 Amen

    • @JeffPenaify
      @JeffPenaify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      To be fair thats how it is for many "Masters" examinations, from electricians and plumbers to sommeliers, most who pass wouldnt pass 2 years later if the test was randomly in front of them but the intense studying leading up, along with the comprehensive required experience guarantess alot of knowledge gets retained. For Somms the blind tasting, you gotta pick out the location, the year, the vinter, all on taste. That is fucking nuts, but it shows a master sommelier even if they cant pick out vintage blindly their whole careers have a comprehensive and complex understanding of wine. You cant not lol

  • @TheConza10
    @TheConza10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    a wine sommelier goes through a bad experience:
    *stops drinking*
    I love that honestly.

  • @thabomuso6254
    @thabomuso6254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    Regarding the wine tasting part of the test. It is almost cruel to demand that the test takers must guess the right year of the wine. That requires both incredible knowledge and a bit of luck. And you must then taste wines for every year and grape and region etc. All at the same time. This is insane.

    • @jamesbillingsby8043
      @jamesbillingsby8043 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I believe it's about knowing each year and what may have been going on. Some of these guys blow my mind when they nail old vintages during blind tastings. Some years are very significant so they can taste whats happening that year. Like a California wine being a bit smoky during a year they had wildfires. I can't imagine it's easy, but they may being using specific years that signifigance the tasters should be aware of. Another way of identifying their knowledge of wine and showcasing how much they know.

    • @cd-zw2tt
      @cd-zw2tt ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it reminds me of professors who make incredibly hard tests, that if they were given a blind test of their own, they would not be able to pass

    • @mythwarrior1415
      @mythwarrior1415 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know it would be really hard to guess for most wines but I do know there are a good little chunk of wines that by look and taste theire is immediate diffrence between one that was made in past couple years and decade or older.

    • @robertkomosa4556
      @robertkomosa4556 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      age is one of the easiest things to determine, you can draw conclusions from observing the color of the wine, depth, etc.

  • @TheWinnersCircleTWC
    @TheWinnersCircleTWC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3442

    Dude needs to fight his barber. ASAP!

    • @supermexican12
      @supermexican12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      DotEm fax

    • @abdeslamcherkaoui425
      @abdeslamcherkaoui425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hahahahhahahahah

    • @ianalderson5133
      @ianalderson5133 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@supermexican12 you need to fight your teacher. ASAP

    • @jmateo55
      @jmateo55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lol!!!!!! someone said it

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      @danielrgoldman341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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  • @tennke205
    @tennke205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +698

    4:06
    Most convincing "No" of my entire life.

    • @papaestfort
      @papaestfort 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Real Adam Sandler 😭😭😭😭

    • @BigSirZebras
      @BigSirZebras 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      the third guy from the left hahaha looked like a 3rd grader in the principal's office

    • @MrVara411
      @MrVara411 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL yyyyyeah... :p

    • @Christian-gf2ef
      @Christian-gf2ef 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was just thinking the same

    • @ttime441
      @ttime441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The guy to the left had to look at the others to say no lmao

  • @kingold786
    @kingold786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    So I work in the wine trade and am a certified sommelier, and studying for my advanced certification... there are only 300 masters somms or master of wine because it's very very very expensive to gain enough tasting experience to be-able to pick a wine out blind that can be from any region,country or grape or blend of grapes. At my level they can give you 3 wines from any country or region normally one of the wines will be a dead give away... but it's only a giveaway if you know that region like the back of your hand.

    • @nxlly1787
      @nxlly1787 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Congrats on being certified though!

  • @shawnbaker3245
    @shawnbaker3245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +960

    Of course they don't feel has confident the second time around. They didn't have the answers.

    • @marcd7332
      @marcd7332 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lmao

    • @juanpablorobayo3437
      @juanpablorobayo3437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This comment is SassSSY

    • @martinbudinsky8912
      @martinbudinsky8912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @Jordan Keen Honestly I think so too... Wearing the badge even though he didnt pass... Thats kind of thing those who cheated do...

    • @johnj3636
      @johnj3636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Needs👏 More👏 likes👏

    • @glenmosier8644
      @glenmosier8644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@martinbudinsky8912 seemed kind of weird to me too but he ended up passing so maybe it was legit

  • @mueezadam8438
    @mueezadam8438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    Vincent pulled through in the end. Kind of sad to see some people were accusing him of cheating when he obviously has the talent.

    • @خطةالله
      @خطةالله 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vincent Morrow was the obvious cheat. There's another video on TH-cam from 2017 or earlier where Vincent and Andrey blind taste wine and Vincent gets the liquor corner store cheapie completely wrong. Vincent Morrow was prohibited from Muay Thai gyms in San Francisco for repeatedly trying to sneak in without paying. He's a crook and cheater in all aspects.

    • @bobmarley2140
      @bobmarley2140 ปีที่แล้ว

      he looks like a straight up con man

    • @godycorona1110
      @godycorona1110 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hardworking too

    • @driveralanas
      @driveralanas ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Both can be true

  • @AUFalcon64
    @AUFalcon64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    " Im not an alcoholic Sharon, its called a tasting, and its classy"

    • @smolaether
      @smolaether 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’m so happy someone brought up Randy, I was losing hope when I started scrolling down 👌

  • @shaz3r786
    @shaz3r786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1399

    Each time the dude fails, he loses part of his hairline

  • @joeydurr7866
    @joeydurr7866 5 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    Vincent does not speak broke

  • @thaddeusheng2758
    @thaddeusheng2758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    5:24 OH NO VINCE HAS AIRPODS IN HE CAN'T TASTE THE WINE

  • @mannyverse6158
    @mannyverse6158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    This has improv sketch written all over it

  • @gavinreddig3969
    @gavinreddig3969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    Damn Vince straight up said "Do not reach out"

  • @brocklin000
    @brocklin000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    One wonders whether the guys at the top of the chain who started these certifications really could pass consistently themselves or not. It is a hit/miss situation and luck does play a role along with having a great wine mind and sensory perceptions. The stated 'extra' pay bump with a MS - does not make sense in many cases.

    • @topscorer212
      @topscorer212 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s a draw. Two identical restaurants sit side by side, one has a master som, one has a certified som. Where are the wine snobs gonna be going?

  • @Sofdorn
    @Sofdorn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    He passed since this report. Congrats for sticking to it.

  • @MWilsonnnn
    @MWilsonnnn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1583

    Looks like more of a lottery, not a test

    • @TheDoctorWholigan
      @TheDoctorWholigan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @GapYear people hassle when they are addicted to gambling/drugs too, does not make it healthy

    • @MWilsonnnn
      @MWilsonnnn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @GapYear I dont think anyones sense of smell or taste is so in tune they can determine the exact year a grape was fermented

    • @etanj88
      @etanj88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@MWilsonnnn it's not about getting the vintage correct. It's about getting enough points from overall analysis of the wine. They need to show they pick up compounds and structure in the wine that take them to a grape and place with possible vintage. The more accurate the better. The part where the guy says some are amazing tasters that dont perform under pressure is true, they can over think it.

    • @TheDoctorWholigan
      @TheDoctorWholigan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@etanj88 wrong they've done blind studies more than once. It's all bunk

    • @richardlaning234
      @richardlaning234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@TheDoctorWholigan I am familiar with the studies that you are referencing and they don't say that wine tasting is bunk, they say that it can be heavily influenced by outside factors and for the vast majority of people those factors can actually be (and frequently are) more important to the perceived taste than the actual taste of the wine ... master sommeliers are not most people. In fact that is precisely why they are so valuable to the wine industry because of what they can effectively ignore for food pairing (and the flip side of the coin) their ability to harness outside factors not related to the flavor of the wine itself to modify consumer perception of flavor.

  • @WilsOfPraonto
    @WilsOfPraonto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    Getting fcked up professionally.

    • @campkira
      @campkira 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wine.

    • @nathandempsey9580
      @nathandempsey9580 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try drinking a liter in one sitting then come back

    • @giornogillespie5755
      @giornogillespie5755 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You spit most of the time in tastings

    • @darkzerk7
      @darkzerk7 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No they don't, sommeliers spit out the wine after tasting it.

    • @thewineaficionado1683
      @thewineaficionado1683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol I’m a wine blogger and this is what I think of my job all the time

  • @suedeB05
    @suedeB05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    at 5:13 "crushed white rock" yeah bro cocaine is good in the bay area

  • @kiDkiDkiD12
    @kiDkiDkiD12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1205

    "Elite Wine" How do I get involved in this scam, I mean industry?

    • @badfairy9554
      @badfairy9554 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      It is very hard to do. My friend went to Cambridge then traveled the wine world yet she tried twice to get her masters.

    • @dogguy8603
      @dogguy8603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@freshproducefloridapodcast192 professional wineos

    • @Iskalla
      @Iskalla 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Elite Wine could be a vaporwave project

    • @MrHavy09
      @MrHavy09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I mean if your earning $70,000 on top of the salary that you're earning based off of the certification would you really consider it a scam?

    • @s3ntin3l60
      @s3ntin3l60 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MrHavy09 yes, yes I do. It's friggin a recreation...right up there with professional organizer singer and dancer. I'd say top it off at 50k max. You want more money be an engineer a doctor or scientist....🤔 the freaking scientists don't even get paid that much! Why!?

  • @NickWright
    @NickWright 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    I always knew my heavy training offered great carryover to my heavy wine drinking! 🍷

  • @Radders123
    @Radders123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Charlet is one of the best things about Vice - she's a fantastic journalist and has a nack of bonding with people. More from her please!

  • @andrewyarosh1809
    @andrewyarosh1809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    Conveniently manage not to mention the name of the guy who was “whispering” the info and got these guys into trouble. He is Reggie Narito, a name that was dropped from the website of the Court of the Master Sommeliers after the scandal broke.

    • @JohnDoe69986
      @JohnDoe69986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Andrew Yarosh thats circumstantial, be careful before you potentially callout the wrong person

    • @norinradd1607
      @norinradd1607 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah that's probably because there wasn't any substantial proof that it really was him.
      They don't wanna be sued.

    • @bruhmoment1835
      @bruhmoment1835 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good dude

  • @ultrasonicradiation
    @ultrasonicradiation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    “I smell sourness, bitterness and stink. It’s piss. “. Congratulations you pass

  • @lincolnnelson6560
    @lincolnnelson6560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    They forgot to include the fact that you only get 3 tries to finish all 3 portions otherwise your reset and you must complete all 3 portions again within 3 tries.

  • @supervegeta101
    @supervegeta101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    "Has rocked the wine world" I'm sure we'll recover, lol.

  • @jaybrielakoi7747
    @jaybrielakoi7747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I know a master sommelier. Dude, when people at restaurants find out the waiters and managers all come up and ask him for advice during our meal.

  • @sibourkefitness5339
    @sibourkefitness5339 5 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    How does one get into this? Do you need an undergraduate in naivety? Or perhaps a diploma in pretentious?

    • @j.fragoso7451
      @j.fragoso7451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Obviously you need both, you uncultured peasant.

    • @snowhole2625
      @snowhole2625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oof

    • @Sinfoniaopera
      @Sinfoniaopera 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You could be me....a dude who grew up in hillbilly south Texas, and saw being a Somm as a way to help pay for college, then grad school.

    • @haik8234
      @haik8234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Must be great having a degree on obnoxiousness and dickishness.

  • @Flared.
    @Flared. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "When you bring girls over" 😂

  • @dylansloan6393
    @dylansloan6393 5 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    I can't even taste the difference between steak and chicken

    • @leandrop4r4g4s
      @leandrop4r4g4s 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is this a goRdon ramSey reference

    • @dylansloan6393
      @dylansloan6393 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leandrop4r4g4s shhhhhhhhh

    • @elliottroca
      @elliottroca 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Central Intelligence Agencies the feathers

    • @kyleterry5190
      @kyleterry5190 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      One is juicy and one is chewy and dry

  • @knappy3483
    @knappy3483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    Does this make you a professional alcoholic?

    • @campkira
      @campkira 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Most the time u spill out the wine. no alcoholic will.

    • @giornogillespie5755
      @giornogillespie5755 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You spit in tastings.

    • @YTGhostCensorshipCanSuckMe
      @YTGhostCensorshipCanSuckMe 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@giornogillespie5755 Really? I thought it might have been from giving a BJ to some judge with a f**ked up urinary tract.

    • @albertmachtfrei1678
      @albertmachtfrei1678 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes.

    • @LasVegar
      @LasVegar 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No they spit it out again

  • @brotherhoodz97
    @brotherhoodz97 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    i think its interesting that if you retested everyone who passed one year the next, a large portion wouldnt pass again. meaning that the "test" is an artificial line in the sand that serves as a financial barrier to entry.

  • @lunarthespacecat7772
    @lunarthespacecat7772 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In modern times, a sommelier's role may be considered broader than working only with wines, and may encompass all aspects of the restaurant's service, with an enhanced focus on wines, beers, spirits, soft-drinks, cocktails, mineral waters, and tobaccos

  • @squiremuldoon5462
    @squiremuldoon5462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Living in San Francisco, drinking wine and getting interviewed by Vice... must be nice.

  • @barbicoh
    @barbicoh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    That brief pause before answering when Charlet asked the guys if they were given the results leads me to believe that they're lying.

  • @lopezxk94
    @lopezxk94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Uncorked brought me here ✊🏻

  • @patavinity1262
    @patavinity1262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    2:33 It was definitely this guy who was the culprit. He's sweatin'.

    • @awordon9631
      @awordon9631 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He probably said 'you forgot to collect our homework' in school

  • @R-cv5tv
    @R-cv5tv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Class cheats on last year's exam. Cheater after retest: "I don't think anyone I've talked to feels as confident as they did the last time." 😅

  • @yaxiongzhao6640
    @yaxiongzhao6640 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Never thought becoming a marketing professional can be this tough.

  • @cnsnmms3708
    @cnsnmms3708 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    It would be funny to see him at outdoor training. Running with a bottle of wine in central park. Tasting intervals at every 200 meters.

  • @davidp839
    @davidp839 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I thought this was a joke when he was working out and tasting wine

  • @justaguy328
    @justaguy328 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These boys take their grape juice seriously! haha

  • @heelside226
    @heelside226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am so effin happy Charlet is back. It has been way too long.

  • @zachcouch8654
    @zachcouch8654 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Why do you have a life time pass if you pass once but someone who 'passed' once already could fail. Why doesn't everyone have to take the test every year.

    • @haroon420
      @haroon420 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zach Couch lol

    • @lmcov4
      @lmcov4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s called Tom Foolery.

    • @daymja
      @daymja 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lmcov4 Taking any of the MS (Master Sommelier) or MW (Master of Wines) exams - theory, tasting and service (MS only) is only valid for two years. If you pass one but fail the others, you can retry the failed ones the next year. After the two years expired and you still fail, you have to start again. I have a lot of respect for anyone doing their MS exams as it basically consumes your whole life for the duration.

    • @lmcov4
      @lmcov4 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I worked in the wine industry I know how all this works. Thanks

    • @thhenry892
      @thhenry892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol it's a scam

  • @bendalessio4431
    @bendalessio4431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Go watch Somm 1-3 on Hulu if you're interested in this topic. The first Somm especially focuses on the exam itself.

  • @Game-iv8lc
    @Game-iv8lc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Update: Vincent is a master sommelier as of 09/2019 🍷

  • @kkelseym
    @kkelseym 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I feel so bad for the people who genuinely passed the test and then had to retake it but failed because of nerves. That's just fucked up.

  • @brennanmartin808
    @brennanmartin808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I don't know why but the entire thing just had a cultish feeling about it🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @art_of_bayar
    @art_of_bayar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I still can't understand all this fuss about the wine. Does it really matter what wine are you drinking, from where it was imported, from what grape it was made? Only if it tastes nice that's all

  • @LostAnFound
    @LostAnFound 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Trying to taste anything inside of a gym sounds like a bad idea. The sweat of yourself and others, the equipment itself, the cleaning fluids (if it's a nice gym), etc.

    • @jdavis234
      @jdavis234 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      These kids are idiots, that clip brings discredit to this whole program and those who “pass”.

  • @TheBic4
    @TheBic4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I hope we can have elite kush exams in the future.

  • @originalm3233
    @originalm3233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    *I'm the World's foremost expert on 32oz and 40oz beers purchased at convenience stores. Do you wish to interview me?*

  • @bryandalik9350
    @bryandalik9350 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    my man's hairline is JACKED up

  • @bubblewhip382
    @bubblewhip382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Vince passed in September 2019 so there is a happy ending.

  • @azurezero1743
    @azurezero1743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    imagine going to wine exam then after receiving the certificate you open box full of iced beer and chug it down as you go exited the building

  • @Mintonetteable
    @Mintonetteable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Still cheaper than a 4-year college degree. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @TheActiveAssault
      @TheActiveAssault 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is worse than underwater basket weaving

    • @MiniM69
      @MiniM69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheActiveAssault that’s an elective, not a major. Calm down.

  • @ajrestivo
    @ajrestivo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how many synonyms can you remember.

  • @Darkmajic1231
    @Darkmajic1231 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Looks more like a wine cult tbh

  • @westgarthwines
    @westgarthwines 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hope they all managed to pass in future tests! It'd be a tragedy for the wine world to miss out on such talent!

  • @Patrick.Weightman
    @Patrick.Weightman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Bummer him and his entire group got bunched together as cheaters, but that's life for you; all it takes is one, and sometimes you suffer for other people's faults. It's unfair, but so is life.
    I really admire his answer for why he still wears the MSE pin. "I know what I've accomplished" - he's not retaking it for him, but for everyone else. Very professional of him asking not to be interviewed instead of outright ignoring requests.

  • @josephsell2173
    @josephsell2173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Why he got to flex so hard with those air pods? 7:36

    • @juanpablorobayo3437
      @juanpablorobayo3437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Joseph Sell “I have air pods so it cushions the fall of me failing”

    • @w00borg34
      @w00borg34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its san francisco. everyone has air pods lol

  • @Luna-zb9tf
    @Luna-zb9tf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Being a sommelier was my ultimate dream but in my country there aren't any courses or degrees related to this and I can't afford a course in another country😭😭😭

  • @breadandwater7038
    @breadandwater7038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    exclusivity does not mean "hard" dont get it twisted.

  • @joeyodonnell123
    @joeyodonnell123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    charlet should have vids every week ! the best !!

  • @carlbroker
    @carlbroker 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    SHE'S BACK!

  • @anewbeginning4617
    @anewbeginning4617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thought it was a meme because of the intro. But this job is basically a meme

  • @what2watchyt
    @what2watchyt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His shape up is crazy.

  • @stewbeat2349
    @stewbeat2349 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Statistically around 1.5 of those roommates themselves cheated. I suggest a wine bottle fight to the death and the winner becomes the one true master!

  • @micheleberto1846
    @micheleberto1846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I do love wine but I don't really get the point to identify all the supposed aromas a wine may have. What for? Everyone smells different things, so who's right and who's not?

  • @athmaid
    @athmaid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    I hope he stopped wearing the Master pin, especially after he retook the test and failed. That was some stolen valor shit right there

    • @misterjosephfloyd
      @misterjosephfloyd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed. I get the protestations it represented, but also have respect for the title , as soon as I saw it I was like...damn..he jinxed it...

    • @timithy4569
      @timithy4569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Wearing the pin is not stolen valor. Stealing the pin is stolen valor. And that sommelier organization doesn’t even care. If they did, they would release the info. And they would only punish those who had info with a real investigation. Instead of doing that, “Let’s protect this guy I like. We are going to fail everyone! And collectively waste years worth of people’s time.”
      The sommelier was the one whose valor was stolen. If he legit passed, and then failed, it’s a messed up situation. He’ll have to dedicate many more months/years of his life living with other sommeliers until he gets back what he’s earned.

    • @athmaid
      @athmaid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@timithy4569 who knows if he actually earned it. If he really deserved the pin he wouldn't have failed when he retook the test. So if he cheated the first time it's obvious that he would fail when there is no opportunity to cheat the second time. It's kind of like being a world record holder in the year 2018 when in 2019 somebody broke your record but you still go around telling everybody that you are the current record holder. It's just wrong.

    • @nmitchxll305
      @nmitchxll305 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@athmaid It's designed so that it's too difficult. It's more of a lottery than anything else. If master sommeliers can't pass several times, the system is broken

    • @Bhashrate
      @Bhashrate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@athmaidThats not true, dont you get it, they are literally blind taste testing wines and having to describe its characteristics and the exact wine down to the year....THE YEAR...honestly i could he wasnt going to pass because of how much of a letdown passing and then it being rescinded. I hope we get an update on this......

  • @hedduyou
    @hedduyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dude that "doesn't even want to know who is responsible on either end" is def guilty.

  • @juanpablorobayo3437
    @juanpablorobayo3437 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So why are you thinking of joining our gym?
    “I WANNA BE A DISCIPLE OF BACCHUS”
    Sure sure

  • @beefyogurt
    @beefyogurt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ah yes, this tastes like a red wine

  • @robertturni2845
    @robertturni2845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    So they take the test a bunch of times and seem to just randomly pass almost like its mainly guess work

    • @MrWizardjr9
      @MrWizardjr9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      if you just guess you have 0% chance of passing

  • @PantonePapi
    @PantonePapi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you found this interesting. Please watch the documentary, Somm. One of my favorites.

  • @markpointer2967
    @markpointer2967 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    4:07 - one of them is lying, and I know which......

  • @AZ-iz3xq
    @AZ-iz3xq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He tasting wine! Why does he have to work out hella lol

    • @bilb0.547
      @bilb0.547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because working out causes your sympathetic nervous system to activate, which allows for your senses to be better enhanced. So by working out and then smelling it allows for him to also train his nose at smelling at a higher level.

  • @rachellejanssen2655
    @rachellejanssen2655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    oef vincent took his loss hard....must have been hard to hear that the first time he passed but didn't the second time....
    Sounds like it's a real must-have within the business

    • @norinradd1607
      @norinradd1607 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do you know he didn't cheat?

    • @128robertmarlowe
      @128robertmarlowe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@norinradd1607 he passed in sept

  • @TheXeeman
    @TheXeeman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    no way i could do this.. wines give me the worst headaches

  • @clarkkent1521
    @clarkkent1521 5 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    Wine culture is overrated.

    • @dacealksne
      @dacealksne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      you're just peanut butter and jelly

    • @Nicholas-f5
      @Nicholas-f5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So many scams! Used to live in Napa.

    • @s3ntin3l60
      @s3ntin3l60 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If it wasn't they wouldn't make their money.

    • @clarkkent1521
      @clarkkent1521 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@s3ntin3l60 Oh, I know. I've worked in a few fine dining restaurants and bullshitted my way to a lot of wine sales.

    • @danielweiss3810
      @danielweiss3810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i feel like tricking this guy with Trader Joes Wine

  • @JustPeople
    @JustPeople 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    A bunch of sour grapes in the end.

  • @srv2268
    @srv2268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Me - Civil Services are the toughest exams.
    Wine master - Hold my wine....

  • @SandipanSarkarchannel
    @SandipanSarkarchannel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    we need a Key & Peele on this theme

  • @alioshax7797
    @alioshax7797 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    And yet, this organisation is almost irrelevant in France, where "sommelier" is more of an informal title rather than a diploma.

    • @patricklaureys1249
      @patricklaureys1249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's not quite true. Maitre sommelier does carry a lot of weight. And many have a university diploma, for instance from the university of Bordeaux as well.

    • @alioshax7797
      @alioshax7797 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patricklaureys1249 Well, France's best sommeliers never passed this examination.

  • @thorshammer81
    @thorshammer81 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    If anyone who is interested in this there is a documentary about this on Netflix

  • @fajarsetiawan8665
    @fajarsetiawan8665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Seeing how competitive the world of sommellier is, now I'm looking if there is a manga about it.

    • @HadirUntukAnda
      @HadirUntukAnda 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tnere is. The title is drop of god iirc

  • @chaderickson6307
    @chaderickson6307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stationary bike and wine huffing, yeah these guys are pretty cool

  • @burpeeslurpy
    @burpeeslurpy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Uhhhhhhh how does working out help his sense of smell ?

    • @chigasaki06
      @chigasaki06 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Maybe the rush of blood helps his senses to be more acute?

    • @Dylanian777
      @Dylanian777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      when i workout my sense of smell is increased 10 fold. smell affects taste... so maybe thats how?

    • @stephenmoore3091
      @stephenmoore3091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i think it is to improve the bodies ability to smell and taste, not sure if it works or not but it may helped.

    • @carlmller4769
      @carlmller4769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I don't think it does. I think it is a way of training you ability to stay calm and preform/stay focused when you are in a stressed situation

    • @mazar128ivan7
      @mazar128ivan7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You get more oxygen into your blood and you get it faster, that means sharper senses and faster thinking.

  • @stephwoolsy3116
    @stephwoolsy3116 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Look at how unhappy and rather stressed out he is. This was painful to watch

  • @drebin1733
    @drebin1733 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So I know nothing about wine but I feel if you are the master at something you should be able to pass test after test rather than just squeak by for a pay raise and renown. Masters in their craft are never afraid to show why they are a master.

  • @josiestein5695
    @josiestein5695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Update: HE PASSED!!

    • @orchdork775
      @orchdork775 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yay! How'd you find out??

  • @UltraDoug
    @UltraDoug 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Seems like a vapid profession to pursue, but more power to them. Lots of work involved. Admirable.

  • @wakkawakka900
    @wakkawakka900 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yay Andre! Miss ya from me bugging you about my baby somm at 33 Wine bar. Back when we both had hair🤣🤣🤣

  • @b_la__bla
    @b_la__bla 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    when your mom asks if youve smoked weed before 4:07

  • @d0ntreply
    @d0ntreply ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ''so, what do you do?''
    ''i'm a professional alcoholic''

  • @francovlla
    @francovlla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Hardest test in the world lmaooo neuroscientists watch out

    • @bebzon8941
      @bebzon8941 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is the hardest test. Hardest wine test ofc

    • @Acid113377
      @Acid113377 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Navy SEALs would disagree xD

    • @128robertmarlowe
      @128robertmarlowe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      its harder miss one date and its over

  • @elgro3204
    @elgro3204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Its all about chance, not skills

    • @horrorchannel4561
      @horrorchannel4561 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      SEB M it’s not about chance if they are getting usually 3 to 4 right go ahead and try it lol

    • @elgro3204
      @elgro3204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Matthew Bendorf no its all about chance, they cant do it twice

    • @elgro3204
      @elgro3204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Re Up it's been proven that they cant tell the difference between a 20$ and a 300$ wine ... the reason why almost everyone fails the test is that its a matter of luck, not talent.

    • @richardlaning234
      @richardlaning234 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@elgro3204 It has been proven that the average person can not tell the difference ... and that is true ... that in no way has any relevance to these guys.

    • @elgro3204
      @elgro3204 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Richard Laning 🤨 your not very smart if you think im talking about the average person... they did tests with masters like them and they failed miserably. It's clear that you do not know what you're talking about