1) AS A TYPE, SOMMELIERS TEND TO BE SNOBBISH AND SERIOUS.

2) SOMETIMES THEY GET ENTRENCHED IN THE NITTY GRITTY OF DIGGING THROUGH
SO MUCH WINE INFORMATION.





























3) BUT WHEN THEY FIND A VINEYARD THEY LIKE, THEY WILL STAND BEHIND IT.

4) SOMMELIERS MUST LIVE UP TO HIGH STANDARDS, SO THEY TREAT THEIR BODIES AS TEMPLES.

5) AND TAKE CARE TO LEARN FROM THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHO ARE OLDER AND WISER.

6) BUT PUT THEM ON THE SPOT AND THEY WILL DENY EVERYTHING.





























7) GETTING TO BE A TOP SOMMELIER MEANS CLIMBING A FEW CAREER LADDERS, BUT EVEN
WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OPERATING BLIND, THEY STILL MANAGE TO HANG IN THERE.

























8) AND CAN ROLL WITH WHATEVER COMES THEIR WAY.




























9) HOWEVER, SOMMELIERS CAN ALSO BE A SCRAPPY BUNCH, SO GENERALLY YOU DON'T EVER
WANT TO GET IN THEIR WAY.

OR FIND YOURSELF IN A TUSSLE WITH THEM.

























10) ALTHOUGH, SHINY TOKENS OF APPRECIATION WILL ALWAYS MAKE THEM SMILE AGAIN.
























SO NEXT TIME YOU ARE IN YOUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANT, GET TO KNOW YOUR SOMMELIER.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY ARE TREMENDOUS GOOD SPORTS, THEY ARE A FUN LOVING GROUP
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE A PLEASURE TO KNOW.
























(AND THEY CAN BE PRETTY GOOD AT HELPING YOU WITH YOUR WINE SELECTION TOO.)