Weekend News: Sommelier Chris Hoel Splits for California

Sommelier Chris Hoel is bidding adieu to his native St. Louis. An e-mail I got from him this morning says he's accepted a job at The French Laundry, the preeminent chef Thomas Keller's Yountville, California restaurant. Hoel is/was one of only two advanced sommeliers (certified by the Court of Masters Sommeliers) in St. Louis. I chronicled his attempt to become a master sommelier in last year's cover story, "The Wine Master."

-Kristen Hinman

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