Best Use of Zoom

When the shutdown came, a lot of restaurants searched for ways to stay in touch with their regular customers. For a sommelier, whose job is to help you pick out something to drink while you’re eating, this became really tough. That’s when Alex Burch, the talented brain behind the wine programs at Bastion and Henrietta Red, started hosting tastings via Zoom. Patrons bought flights of wine picked out by Burch and then tuned in to talk at an appointed time. Not only did it give participants a communal experience in the middle of months of isolation — Burch also got to share some of his voluminous knowledge of interesting wines. STEVE CAVENDISH

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