Gemmabeta t1_iy196b0 wrote
I would like to see the same show, except it's about Sommeliers instead.
That would be so much more pretentious that it might just wrap around to being interesting again.
nordic_yankee t1_iy1ignx wrote
"Somm" is a great doc about people trying to pass the incredibly difficult Master Sommelier certification.
Gemmabeta t1_iy1iv8z wrote
Didn't that entire generation of sommeliers end up getting disqualified over a cheating scandal?
jephw12 t1_iy2xgo0 wrote
No. That film came out in 2013. That scandal was with the 2018 exam.
CoolAbdul t1_iy3nu4g wrote
I know of a famous sommalier who has faked his entire career. It's amazing to see.
Zuzublue t1_iy1q3xm wrote
Tell me more!
Gemmabeta t1_iy1qnr1 wrote
One of the proctors leaked all the answers for the tasting portion of the 2018 exam (widely reputed as the hardest--by a vast margin--portion of the 3-part Master Sommelier exam) to two people.
And because the group of test-takers each year is so small and they are all in constant contact each other for study and practice, it was impossible to know how many people got the leak.
And so they just blanket disqualified everyone and made them all retake the test next year.
indochris609 t1_iy1qnlj wrote
BananasAndPears t1_iy1olws wrote
That’s right!!!
theg2 t1_iy4ld7o wrote
I don't know...the people focused on in that were also strongly in the 'this is the most pretentious shit ever' category, what with the guy getting a separate apartment away from his fiance so he could 'study'.
powerlloyd t1_iy4xmu7 wrote
I know a guy who did this for the bar exam.
theg2 t1_iy4yqxh wrote
One of these things is not like the other though. The people followed in 'Somm' really came off as douche bags.
whyte_ryce t1_iy5ki3r wrote
Was that the one where some poor girlfriend was always having to clean up all their wine shit after a night of "studying" and everyone was too hung over to bother to help? And the one guy would always be shit talking and joking about everyone else but immediately have a meltdown and say everyone takes it too far the second someone would good naturely poke at him?
bguzewicz t1_iy3np2r wrote
One of my favorite documentaries is called Sour Grapes. It's about this guy who defrauds all these rich pretentious d bags into thinking they're drinking these extremely rare vintage wines, and it's so satisfying watching them get taken for a ride. Check it out, should be on HBO Max.
orodam t1_iy1io8j wrote
Unless it had unemployedwineguy, then it would be ok.
14-28 t1_iy21xpd wrote
I like the word sommelier because it sounds like "smelly yay" and so its kinda fitting cos they do smelly yay wines.
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