The New Sommelier — Weed, Not Wine

The Trichome Institute in Denver, Colorado, is just one of the schools now offering sommelier-like certification in cannabis. The school’s pot somm program for “budtenders” and others is offered through on-line courses complete with educational materials such as a Weed Wheel, a take-off on the Wine Aroma Wheel. Courses revolve around a process called Interpening, whereby students identify cannabis varieties based on the plant’s terpenes (the molecules that produce scent). According to certified pot sommeliers, the correct etiquette for dinner is puff, eat, sip, in that order.

When did Château Mouton Rothschild become a First Growth?

A. 1925

B. 1855

C. 1973

D. 1880

Originally (in the 1855 Classification) only four Bordeaux châteaux made it into the rank of First Growth: Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Margaux, and Château Haut-Brion. In 1855, Château Mouton Rothschild was designated a Second Growth. The owner of Mouton Rothschild, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, protested vehemently and launched a decades-long campaign to get Mouton Rothschild elevated to First Growth status. Although the 1855 Classification was considered sacrosanct and its classifications final, Rothschild eventually prevailed and in 1973 Mouton Rothschild was moved up and became a First Growth.

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The New Sommelier — Weed, Not Wine

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