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The Sommelier Exam
Workplace · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
Two sommeliers-in-training taste blind in a Burgundy cellar and compete to name every grape, vintage and village. A rich, funny two-part workplace romance of glasses, spit buckets and honest noses.
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About this story
“The Sommelier Exam” is a Workplace story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 3 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Blind Tasting. Delphine and Laurent are rival sommeliers-in-training at a Burgundy school. In the blind tasting exam, she names the vintage and he names the village, and both are wrong.
- Part 2: The Final Glass. After the exam, in the cellar with a bottle they have no right to open, Delphine and Laurent taste the wine they both got right and the thing they both did.
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