Subject: Interview for Dining Out Dallas
From: "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 10/29/07, 09:30
To: cef@zambranowines.com

Mr. Zambrano-

I'm a writer for Dining Out magazine, and my editor has asked me to get in touch with you regarding a short e-mail interview for our "Ask a Sommelier" feature. I've included ten questions below; would you be able to get back to me with answers within the next couple of days?

Feel free to give me a call if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302

  1. What kind of money do you make? Do you get tips?
    2) Have you ever been corrected by a customer? Tell us the story.
    3) People have the impression that sommeliers walk around the restaurant all
    day and show people bottles of wine, occasionally un-corking and decanting.
    There's got to be more to your job than that. What's "all in a day's work"?
    4) If you were to pick one thing, what would you have your customers NEVER
    do again?
    5) Is there a dress code for sommeliers? What's hanging in your closet?
    6) When you get up in the middle of the night and dive into the fridge for
    that sinful indulgence everyone denies having, do you pair it with a bottle
    of 1935 Moscato d'Asti or similar wine? If not, what do you drink with it?
    7) Have you ever denied anyone wine?
    8) What wine would you pair with a filet of porcupine?
    9) If you had to choose between a 2006 Red Carlo Rossi and a 2007 Shimmering
    White Franzia, which would you pick?
    10) What's in your personal wine cellar right now?