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Thats how author bianca bosker defines sommeliers at the beginning of her new book cork dork, the account of her journey from tech editor and wine novice to. Bosker has written about food, wine, architecture, and technology for the new yorker online, the atlantic, t. A wine buyers tour of france 25th anniversary edition. March 2017, napa valley bianca bosker, the author of cork dork. In this book, readers will follow bianca bosker, a journalist taking a year and a half journey to learn and live the life of wine. 2017 morristown festival of books bodnar financial advisors.
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