Christopher Bates MS

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Christopher Bates MS

Christopher Bates MS

@sommelierbates

Master Sommelier & culinarian. educator, beer geek, wine maker and overall consumption advocate! Element Winery-F.L.X. Wienery-F.L.X. Table-F.L.X. Culture House

Katılım Aralık 2012
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Christopher Bates MS
Christopher Bates MS@sommelierbates·
Amazing layover in Chicago last night led to good things. This stunning lineup being one of them. The company that I got to enjoy these with, far more so! I haven’t had the Rosso del Bepi in forever! It was very… instagram.com/p/B0yCrn2HjC4/…
Chicago, IL 🇺🇸 English
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Great sotol, greater people. flordeldesierto_sti ➖ Often misunderstood, sotol is not a mezcal, or type of mezcal. In fact, it’s not even made from agave. It’s is produced in chihuahua and Durango from a few… instagram.com/p/B0vye0-n_Te/…
Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca 🇲🇽 English
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To answer this mornings question, those tools were the traditional tools used for hand harvesting agave in Oaxaca for mezcal. The machete for cleaning off the “leaves”, the coa (the round paddle/knife) for cutting… instagram.com/p/B0uFHO4HKND/…
Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca 🇲🇽 English
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If one were to want to know more about carnitas, this would be the place to learn... A stop at paty’s is mandatory when I arrive into cdmx. The surtida is the perfect snapshot of carnitas for me. And somehow the… instagram.com/p/B0jWUk5nuE0/…
Venustiano Carranza, Distrito Federal 🇲🇽 English
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Christopher Bates MS@sommelierbates·
It’s come to my attention that the rumor mill is spinning hard so I want to clear something up. oolongizzy and I are working hard to finalize the details and close on a building for our next restaurant projects… instagram.com/p/B0eMZzQn4Ar/…
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This morning we are preparing for 120 of the best and the brightest of the beverage world will sit down this morning to an exam they have been working towards for years. To everyone taking this exam, and for those… instagram.com/p/B0N9oGEHfKY/…
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Seeing lots of photos this week of verasion (when the grapes start to turn colors) from around the wine world, but, we aren’t quite there @elementwinery We are still a few weeks from verasion I believe. So, how… instagram.com/p/B0Jf_KXn0RQ/…
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