Peter Granoff, MS

Wine Merchant in SF & Napa, Master Sommelier, Cheese Merchant in Napa

[Peter Granoff, MS @petergranoffms]

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[Peter Granoff, MS @petergranoffms]

This area of Sardinia about 30 minutes from the northern port of Olbia, with its dramatic granite boulders and scrub vegetation, brought to mind The Pinnacles National Monument in central… https://t.co/CwU2SxcJLk

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Houses perched on the cliff of Bonifacio, at the very southern tip of Corsica. There are a handful of vineyards close by planted in the calcareous soils so visible here, and we found… https://t.co/46bpPEryRQ

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Changed my Twitter handle effective immediately - formerly @enorider. Now @petergranoffms

[Peter Granoff, MS @petergranoffms]

@MasterSommUS @Kimpton It was a pleasure 📷🎞📸

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Photographing this group of newly minted Advanced Sommeliers after the Portland exam this week was a treat, as their joy and relief at achieving this milestone was absolutely infectious —… https://t.co/kNcrde1T18

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Master Somms Chris Blanchard (far left) and Dustin Wilson (2nd from left) pause for a photo while in conversation with a talented group of Advanced Sommelier candidates just prior to the… https://t.co/oJoQi2WleR

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Master Somms Chris Blanchard (far left) and Dustin Wilson (2nd from left) pause for a photo while in conversation with a talented group of Advanced Sommelier candidates just prior to the… https://t.co/TZLV83kiyd

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Wayne Belding, geologist, wine merchant & revered “elder statesman” of the Master Sommelier community, demonstrates how to seek “enlightenment” 🤣 in the pages of a wine list at Ava Gene’s… https://t.co/ow4WvcmbA7

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It might not feel like it, but spring is not far off and the initial signs are already popping up in the Marin Headlands. The butterfly is a Mourning Cloak, one of the few, I am told that… https://t.co/8jU3ucyShw

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The punk rocker of the bird world? 😆 This is a female Common Merganser, and I was a bit surprised to find her wintering on a completely snowbound small fork of the American River feeding… https://t.co/DMzWKn905g

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A beautiful Snowy Egret hunting the shoreline of a tidal marsh in Northern California . . . #snowyegret #olympuscameras @ San Francisco Bay Area https://t.co/DAQT6HmyZy

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Another “flight” of wine judges for the recently concluded TexSom International Wine Awards celebrates the home stretch of the event. Left to right, Cathy Huyge, Eugenio Jardim, Debbie… https://t.co/gBBi8xefdo

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And from the TexSom International Wine Awards, here is another “flight” of the event’s distinguished wine judges - #texsom, #texsomiwa @hawk_wakawaka @vintageMD @sommelierbates @viannawine… https://t.co/DyK4tsmsBc

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If an assembly of geese is a “gaggle,” and a group of crows is a “murder,” what do you call an assembly of wine judges?? Doesn’t it have to be a “FLIGHT”? Here, therefore, is a… https://t.co/jtuW5VtxYl

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Sir James Tidwell, Master Sommelier, TexSom Co-Captain, Head Honcho, Lord of the Manor 🤪, etc., prepares the judging panels, hard-working sommelier teams and amazing volunteer staff for… https://t.co/XJefzqKX2V

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On the arrival evening of TexSom International Wine Awards the judges gathered at Sachet Restaurant in Dallas for a lovely pan-Mediterranean dinner hosted but Wines of Greece, and… https://t.co/0pyCrNOCQp

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Preparing nopales in one of México City’s colorful markets. Note the blur of the right hand giving you a sense of how fast that knife was moving. #mexicocity @ Mexico City, Mexico https://t.co/tcW5qoCCTO

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Look who showed up for Christmas dinner . . .#hummingbird https://t.co/LaEkXAk30l

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🎶 On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese . . .🎶 My 7 year old great niece is learning to play guitar and is still at the age where that goofy riff on the folk song “On Top of Old… https://t.co/D2qAFkg6Jb