What is a Master Sommelier?

The Master Sommelier diploma is the highest distinction a professional can attain in fine wine and beverage service. Testing is focused on the areas needed for superior beverage department management, which include Tasting, Theory, Practical and Dining Room Application, and also encompasses spirits, beers, cigars as well as global wine knowledge. To become a Master Sommelier, a candidate must pass four levels of examinations: the Introductory Sommelier Course, the Certified Sommelier Exam, the Advanced Sommelier Course and finally, the Master Sommelier Diploma Exam.

Who is Scott Harper?

In the history of the Master Sommelier Diploma only 171 people from around the world have become Master Sommeliers.  Recent numbers suggest that there are 74 active Master Sommeliers in the Americas, 25 in Europe, and the rest working throughout other regions of the World.

The Bristol Restaurants in Louisville Employs such an individual.

He’s eccentric, he’s quirky, he’s focused, he’s serious, and he knows Wines like no one else.

The Bristol is committed in every respect to ensuring the customers that it serves . . . have the best wines in the world at the best price possible. “There’s always something new and incredible emerging on the Worlds wine market . . . we want to make that available to our customers.”

Whether the wine is from Sonoma, Napa, Bordeaux, Austria, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Wailea or the Russian River Valley . . . the Bristol wants to be absolutely sure that the wines served to their customers are the finest wines available at that moment in time anywhere in the world.

Fewer than 200 industry professionals have earned their Master Sommelier Diplomas and the Bristol Bar and Grill is fortunate to have a true Wine expert at hand to make sure customers get the absolute Best Bottle of wine or wine by the glass in Louisville. 

Want to know more about wine?

Scott Harper is certified by the French Wine Society to teach the curriculum of the French Wine Academy. 

Video podcasts of Scott discussing topics of interest new and experienced wine enthusiasts are available.

Come by the Jeffersonville Bristol location to find out where Scott will be speaking next.  You might as well sit down and have a glass of red wine or a bottle of white wine with some of the best food in Louisville.