Richard Betts (@yobetts) served as the wine director at The
Little Nell in Aspen from 2000 to 2008. Much more interesting to
me, Richard passed the Court of Master Sommeliers' Masters Exam
on his first attempt, becoming the ninth person in history ever
to do so. I first met Richard through investing wunderkind Chris
Sacca, and we immediately hit it off. Richard can help you train
your senses for anything, including wine, whiskey, his current
love of mezcal, and far beyond. He's also done a lot of wild
experiments, got a lot of tattoos, almost been shot in Mexico,
and developed an incredible ability to simplify the complex. We
get along. In this conversation, we talk about nearly everything,
ranging from the value of quitting to tricks of the trade, travel
tips (he's traveling 300+ days per year), and "starter" wines. We
also drink a boat-load of whiskey, me tasting and Richard
teaching. The pictures below show a sample. Side note and
cool rule of thumb: did you know it's spelled "whiskey" when from
countries that have "e" in their names (e.g. America) but
"whisky" when from countries that don't have an "e" in their
names (e.g. Scotland, Japan)? Richard taught me that. Last but
not least, Richard is the author of a brand-new book, “The
Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey
Know-It-All,” which is sitting on my kitchen table with whiskey
stains all over it. It distils (see what I did there?) a couple
of lifetimes worth of study down to 24 pages...then makes them
smell good. Definitely check it out. At the very least, it gives
you a bunch of rules of thumb (like the whiskey vs. whisky
trick), so you can impress your friends and not look like a
dumb-ass at the bar. Sweet! Less dumb-ass and more smart-ass is
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