Wet Ferrets & Cardboard Boxes: Detecting Flawed Bottles of Wine in Restaurants

The following is a clip taken from Austin Beeman's interview on the Upside of 40 Podcast with Sean Mooney. Topic: Wet Ferrets & Carboard Boxes: Detecting Flawed Bottles of Wine in Restaurants. Sean Mooney: "People have been out to dinner and I guess a lot of it is tradition where they come and they open the bottle of wine and you're the guy who ordered it. So they will come over and make a nice little presentation, and put a little bit in the glass, and you don't know what to do. They swirl it around, they smell, and they're like, "Yeah. Okay." Really, what are you looking for when you do that?" Austin Beeman: "So here's what's happening..."   *** THIS IS EPISODE #76 OF UNDERSTANDING WINE WITH AUSTIN BEEMAN Video Podcast: http://www.austinbeeman.com/podcast Itunes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-wine-austin-beemans-interviews-winemakers/id374221487 Direct RSS feed: http://understandingwine.libsyn.com/rss    FOLLOW THE WINE ADVENTURE Website: http://www.austinbeeman.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/understandingwine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austinbeeman/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AustinBeeman   Work With Austin:  http://www.austinbeeman.com/about-me or acbwine@gmail.com Austin Beeman is a 19 year veteran of the wine business with extensive experience in Marketing and Sales (wholesale, retail, & DTC.) Currently Vice President of Marketing for Cutting Edge Selections, Austin has a deep knowledge of the global wine business with expertise in Direct-to-Consumer sales. While Director of Marketing for Bonny Doon Vineyard, he managed one of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns in the wine industry. His video podcast “Understanding Wine with Austin Beeman” has been praised in USA Today and his photography has appeared in The Wall Street Journal.