Tasting Victory (Commemorative Edition): The Life and Wines of the World’s Favourite Sommelier

"One of the world’s greatest authorities on wine." - Raymond Blanc OBE "The finest nose in Europe." - Daily Telegraph"A true wine legend who gave so much to so many, both personally and professionally." - Decanter"The godfather of British sommeliers … he was not just universally respected, but universally loved." - ImbibeGérard Basset was one of the most influential and authoritative sommeliers of his, or any, generation.Tasting Victory charts Gérard’s astronomical career in his own words.It recounts in detail how he managed to earn his unprecedented sequence of qualifications.He was one of the first individuals to hold the famously difficult Master of Wine qualification simultaneously with Master Sommelier and an MBA in Wine Business.But it is his pursuit of the most important award of all that forms the core of this book - how, at his seventh attempt, Gérard Basset was crowned the Best Sommelier of the World.This memoir is also a record of how fine dining in England grew from stale a