1、Sandra是一名专业品酒师，想学习或接触红酒的人们向她取取经吧。Todd: Now, Sandra, hello!Sandra: Hello!Todd: Now, you are a wine connoisseur. Or wine teacher. No?Sandra: Not really!Todd: Not really?Sandra: A wine connoisseur. No, thats sort of a snobby.Todd: Oh, really?Sandra: Yes.Todd: Oh, OK. So, how would you describe what you
2、 do?Sandra: A wine professional.Todd: A wine professional. OK, so what does a wine professional do?Sandra: Try to make money from wine.Todd: OK.Sandra: So, Im a wine writer, a wine columnist. I teach wine.Todd: OK, so lets say if Im going to have friends over, and Im making, lets say, steak. Im havi
3、ng a grilling steak. Can I serve wine with steak?Sandra: Yes. Steak goes with almost any red wine.Todd: Oh, really? OK. So, red. How about if I want to mix wines. Is it OK to go red wine, white wine?Sandra: You always start out with white wines going towards red wines.Todd: OK, always go white wine
4、first, then the red wine. (Yes) OK, and how about for dessert? Is there a special dessert wine?Sandra: There are many great dessert wines, so it depends on what you like, how sweet you like and what youre making for dessert.Todd: OK, so how about Im making tiramisu.Sandra: Terimisu, then I would pro
5、bably have a tawny Port, either from Portugal or from Australia, which makes great Ports, or you might even go for a fruity and oaky Zinfandel, which is dry wine from California.Todd: OK, nice. How much will that cost me?Sandra: Depends on how much you want to spend. For a port, a tawny Port, anywhe
6、re in between 3,500 to 10,000 (OK) And for a California Zinfandel, a good one probably about 3,000 (yen).Todd: 3,000. I think I can maybe afford that. Not much. And, how about what would be a good wine to start off for like appetizers or with a salad or something like that.Sandra: I always start off
7、 with a sparkling wine.Todd: A sparkling wine?Sandra: Yes. I prefer Champagne but if you cant afford it, even though champagne is the lowest price anywhere in the world is in Japan.Todd: Oh, really?Sandra: And many of my students load up on cases of champagne and have it sent home by their companies container.Todd: Oh, wow.Sandra: Yes. But champagne is a good starter.
