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The Sommelier Life Most Wine Lovers Never See w/ Mia Martensson (Part 2)

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Ep 163

What does it take to build a world-class wine program on a remote Caribbean island?

In part two of this conversation with sommelier Mia Martensson, you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at how she transformed a resort wine list from just 30 wines into a collection of 620 bottles. She shares the challenges of sourcing wine on an island, creating a destination tasting experience, and launching a wine festival that now attracts hundreds of guests each year.

You'll also hear which wine regions and styles have her most excited right now, including Etna, Chablis, Sancerre, grower Champagne, and the wine she believes deserves far more attention from drinkers: Riesling. 

Plus, Mia shares unforgettable stories from her years aboard the world's largest privately owned residential yacht, including serving Champagne on a glacier in Antarctica and receiving training on what to do if attacked by a polar bear. If you've ever wondered what life as a sommelier looks like beyond the dining room, this episode is for you.

Don’t miss ep 162 which is part 1 of my conversation with Mia!


Connect with Mia:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martensson.mia/
Seven Stars Resort: www.sevenstarsgracebay.com


Episode Highlights:

  • Building a luxury wine program in Turks & Caicos
  • Growing a wine list from 30 to 620 wines
  • Why Etna wines are worth seeking out
  • The current Chablis and Sancerre boom
  • Why more people should be drinking Riesling 
  • Inside the Flight Club wine experience
  • The rise of Grower Champagne
  • Traveling to Champagne and South Africa
  • Serving Champagne on an Antarctic glacier
  • The wine myth that bugs Mia the most



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Interested in learning about wine but not sure where to start? You're in the right place. Welcome to the Cork and Fizz Guide to Wine Podcast. I'm your host, Hayley Bowlman and I'm so glad you're here. I'm a wine enthusiast turned wine educator and founder of the Seattle based wine tasting business Corporate Cork and Fizz. It is my goal to build your confidence in wine by making it approachable and lots of fun. You can expect to learn everything from how to describe your favorite wine to what to pair with dinner tonight and so much more. Whether you're a casual wine sipper or a total cork dork like myself, this podcast is for you. So grab yourself a glass and let's dive in foreign. Hello and welcome back to the Cork and Fizz Guide to Wine Podcast. Today you'll be listening to part two of my interview with Mia Martenson. If you haven't heard part one, I highly recommend pausing this episode and going to listen to episode 162 first. We will be here when you get back. As a reminder, Mia is originally from the Swedish island of Gotland and started her journey washing dishes at 14 before climbing the ranks of the world's most prestigious prestigious restaurants. Her career has taken her from sommelier roles at Michelin starred landmarks in Stockholm to a nine year stint in the heart of South Africa's wine country. She even spent six years sailing the globe as head sommelier on the luxury yacht called the World, sourcing incredible vintages from every corner of the map. You're gonna want to hear the story she has to tell about her experience on the world. There is quite an interesting she she finds herself in some interesting places today. She's the creative force behind the award winning wine and beverage program at Seven Stars Resort in Turks and Caicos. I'm so excited for you to hear part two of this interview. We're going to be talking about what it's like to be the Resort Somm for Seven Stars Resort Spa in Turks and Caicos. What wine she's most excited about on her wine list along with which wines she's looking to add to the resort's collection, her favorite stories and experiences from years as a sommelier and so much more. So without further ado, let's get into it. Well, let's talk a little bit more about what you're currently doing. So you are the Resort Sommelier for Seven Stars Resort Spa in Turks and Caicos. You lead their tasting room wine pairing program, the Flight Club program, and also curate the wine menus and the collection. So tell us about that experience and what vision you have for the Seven Stars resort. Well, it's been a long journey. So when I arrived in 2018, we only had one major impact, Porter and Island, and one small one. So when I came, there were 30 SKUs on the wine list, and mainly everything was American, North American, because there was nothing else. And most of the resort here on island had all the same wine list. So I came on board because the owners of the property was very adamant that they wanted to do something new with the beverage program and they were willing to spend some money on it. So that's how we built. I designed and built a tasting room for them, which is a wine cellar with a chef's table in the midd. So I can seat up to 10 people in there. And as a cellar that holds two and a half thousand bottles. And then I have a maturation cellar today as well. So we started to look at the program and what we could do. And also when you start a program you need to look at, it takes a minimum of five years to build if you are in a proper environment, which means somewhere to take in wines from. So in the beginning, I started with importing some of my own wines into the the island because I didn't want to have everything what everybody else had. It was not giving the identity. So I started with importing some champagne, like Pierre Germany, a small grower champagne from Cuy. In Champagne, I started with some Burgundy producers, some Chateauneuf du Pape producers, some Bordeaux producers, and started slowly to build up. It took about a little bit more than a year to build this cellar because of delays, because you're on an island. So we launched January 2020. And then Covid came. Right. I was going to say that's a. That's a rough time to launch, but it was. It was actually quite good because we could catch up and we could really build on the concept and be really ready when we were allowed to open our airport again. So because Turks and Caicos is 258% tourism, we don't grow anything here. We have lobster and conch and fish. Great people, and that's it. I always joke that you don't move with your fridge here. You move with your coconut tree, because they're also imported and you pay$3,000 per your coconut tree. So the value of your property is mainly how many coconut trees you have on the property. So it took a while to build it up. And after Covid, kind of when we Started to be able to be open again. It kind of took its own form and its own pace, so to speak. We were one of the three destination for the Americans to travel to during that time. So we got an enormous influx, which was amazing. So it was the busiest time in history of Turks and Caicos from 2021 to 2024. So that allowed me to build up. And by this time we also started to get more importers. Today we have five importers and they're all very different in terms of what they import and how they work. And it's allow us now to have more and better wines. On Ireland, we obviously have more resorts that came up as well, more private villas. So it just allows people to drink more and better. And to celebrate this, the tasting room is really great. So you come in, you have a five course tasting menu. You can choose if you want to have a sommelier pairing or reserve pairing or a premium pairing. The sommelier pairing is more quirky wines, fun finds things that you might not have ever tasted before, where the reserve pairing is more focused on Europe and more in depth of vintages and grand cru and so forth. And you can be two people or you can be maximum 10 people, but you have your sommelier and your chef for the evening cooking for you. And it's completely different menu from the main dining room. But to celebrate all these producers or sorry, importers that came on island three years ago in South Africa, we always did every year a wine festival to celebrate the wine and the people and that there was spring. So I wanted to do something similar in Turks and Caicos. So I managed to get all these importers under one roof. So I started a wine festival called the Uncorked. So now we have it every year, the week before Thanksgiving, we have over 300 people coming in and we have about 300 wines for people to taste full on with chefs, cooking, grilling, live music. And we do it on the farm, which is one of our four restaurants that we have. And it's a hydrophonic farming that we do. We're the first one on Ireland who has that. And it's become a huge, huge success, which I'm very happy about. I didn't know how to should turn out, but it turned out really good again because it's all about wine and food and people. Yeah, can't go wrong. Yeah, exactly. Just a quick reminder, if you are not on my mailing list yet, what are you waiting for? I would love for you to join. When you do, you'll get a Free shopping guide that has 15 of my favorite wines under $15. Head to corkandfizz.com scroll down to the bottom and there'll be a little section where you can join the mailing list. I send out a weekly newsletter filled with wine tips, recommendations, special offers and so much more. Now let's get back to the show. So today we have four restaurants on the property. And the deck, which is directly on the beach on Grace bay. It's a 200 seater restaurant. And then we have the west deck, which is more for during the day for all our guests where they're sunbathing and then the whole beach, obviously. And we have a smaller wine list down there, but a very busy day, very busy part of the resort. So we have a smaller wine list there. The farm has their own identity because of more organic and things like that. So I'm focusing more on more organic growing and more health conscious in that way. And then we have the Terrace, which is more of our upmarket sports bar, but they sell a lot of good wines there as well, which is just outside of resort. And then Seven, which is our fine dining restaurant, which is where the mothership, so to speak, with all the wines are sitting. And the cellar is designed that you have a wine wall around it so you see all the wines and you can say in a little bit into the wine room and people can go in and they can do their own kind of look around what they would like for the evening. And so from 30 SKUs today, we have about 620. Wow. Wow. I have to ask, when you went into that, to me, like two words come up. Either like excited or overwhelmed or maybe a little bit of both. What was your feeling like? Basically like creating something from scratch and having that opportunity. I mean, it was a lot of pressure because I didn't know all the owners and they put a lot of faith in me. Obviously my big boss, Ken Patterson, who owns and developed Seven Stars, knew where I came from because I met him on the ship. He had big faith in me, which I'm very grateful for. And they supported me all the way because it's a huge investment. Huge. And we are the only one on the island who has this kind of cellar and that kind of caliber sellers. And yeah, they've been very supportive and they're all very good drinkers as well, so that helps. They like what you're bringing in. They're like, yeah, it's worth it. Yeah, I love it. Okay. So one of the things I always like to ask, especially as Working as a sommelier, and you've put together this wine list. You always tell people, you know, if they're going somewhere, you know, fine dining, they have a sommelier, and you're not sure how to ask for wine, and you're willing to be adventurous. One of my favorite questions to ask is, what are the wines you're most excited about on the wine list right now? So let's imagine, you know, I'm in your restaurant and, you know, rather than curating it, you're. You're on the floor, and I ask you, what are the things you're most excited about right now? What would you tell me? Sicily. Mm. Etna. Yes. The white wines out of Etna right now is absolutely amazing. Many of them behave like the Chablis of the south of Italy. Very lean, high acidity, fragment freshness, but yet a lot of personality without being big and flabby. Works really good. Especially now we on late spring, we're going into summer. So it's beautiful wines. Really, really great with seafood. And also the red Etna, really, really good. Very light, very easy. You can either chill it almost like a rose, and it's very drinkable and very affordable. And I just like that with all kind of, you know, some is having pizza, some is having a burger, and some is having a steak, whatever, or you're just having a conch ceviche or whatever you're having. It works really good, both for both white and red. But I will also say that I'm very excited about Chablis at the moment. I've traveled a lot in Chablis, and you find a lot of value, because Burgundy is very hard to get value today because it's become extremely expensive and also because there's so little about it. And they have had quite tough vintages. And Chablis included, foremost of soar. But there's a lot of value in Chablis. Anything from petit to normal Chablis, you get a lot. And I think that also because people tend to go away more and more from oak at the moment, so they're looking for that freshness. So I do a lot of Chablis by the glass, and it's. People just absolutely love it. And then there's a Sancerre craze at the moment. Yeah. Which is because of thanks to my favorite girl of the world, Taylor Swift, who kind of set the band there in terms of Sancerre. So the younger, younger generation, thank God, is really locking into Sancerre, which is fantastic. At least then they're drinking wine, you know? Yes, I know. Who would have thought that that would have happened? Yeah. No, it's amazing. And it's kind of like what Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie did for the Chris. That happened. Right. Because of the Miraval. That was the whole thing as well. Whispering angel was obviously known as well, but Miraval kind of like added on to that, which is really cool, and many people just love that style of it. So. Yeah, it just helps us in terms of, you know, selling more wine. Yeah, exactly. And I feel like it also gives you, like, a good starting point where, like, if folks are like, I want a glass of Sancerre because I saw Taylor Swift had it. Yeah. And then, you know, if they're at the resort or they're, you know, the Somalier can come in and be like, hey, you had that. Do you want to try this wine? Right. Or, like, very similar with, like, the. Oh, you like this Onser. Oh, Chablis is a really nice, bright wine that, you know, is just across the way in France. You should try this. And it's. It's a. Probably a great way to bring people in and try more, even if they're just starting with Sancerre, because Taylor Swift likes it. But I must say that the only thing that makes me sad that more people not drinking is Riesling. Yeah. It feels like it's still a nerd wine, or you have to be from Europe to appreciate it. But in Europe, we also have the food that works with it in a different way, so maybe that's part of it as well. But when I do it for tasting menus, people absolutely go bananas over it because they all had very bad Riesling effect before. And then when you get really great Dr. Lucen or, you know, Marcus Molitor or whatever, where you go to Reinheisen or Rheingau and you find a really dry, crisp one, then all of a sudden, because they like Albarino. And then that can be a very similar to that was as well. But yeah, so that's the. That's the 2027 thing to work on, is to get people to drink more Riesling. Yes, I like it. I like it. Thinking about kind of like, what's next and combining with your travels. So you travel, you know, to curate this wine collection. What producers or regions are you planning on visiting, you know, either this year or next that you're hoping to add to the collection? I'm visiting champagne for a couple of weeks this summer. I'm already doing quite a lot of champagne. But it's a lot of new producers that's of part popping up, which is quite interesting. So I'm visiting. Pierre Palade, for example, which is in buzzy and busy, is also one of those who doesn't get. There's a lot of these small producers, the grower champagnes, that doesn't get enough focus. And also they come with a completely different price tag, which is making it more affordable for people to drink champagne. Because everybody can drink the big brands, but they're not always maybe the best to drink at that price point. Right. So it's trying to see what more we can add to the list in terms of price point, in terms of making it more affordable to people to drink more champagne. So I'm kicking off my flight club on Wednesday for the season. And my first one is fried chicken and champagne. And that's the theme for. For month of May, every Wednesday at our flight club. Okay. Oh, wait, wait, wait. Tell us more about this flight club. I feel like I mentioned it earlier, but we haven't heard about it other than this now delicious pairing of fried chicken and champagne. So flight club came out of. I have crazy ideas sometimes flight time came out of it that we are quite slow in the slow season. Wednesday night is always our more quiet time in the bar. So I said, okay, why don't we make it into a wine bar? Because there's no wine bars on island. And then what is the club that you can't talk about, but you want to go to? So instead of fight Club, it became flight club. So what it does is that I give special wines. We open special wines that you can do either small pour or full glass of. So you can do your own flight. So if you want to taste 3, 4, 5 different wines, you can do that in terms of small pours. And then you we trying to combine it with different themes. So we do different themes every month. So the first month of May is now fried chicken and champagne because it's one of the best combos ever. And so it's a classic fried chicken or a spicy fried chicken with a gojon sauce. So it's really cool. And it's very nice when you do flights because you can do sparkling wine versus champagne versus rose champagne, which is again, very different. Right. Depending on where they come from. And June month will be Burgundy. Surprise, surprise. And then we do like beef bourguignon. And we do like charcuterie board. Everything that you would expect to go when you go to Burgundy. And then we do less expensive Burgundy to Trying to introduce new regions. So Saverny, Les Bon or Bon itself, which is always an oversight and things like that. So we're trying to also educate people to look differently on the wine list. And then it goes on. So we go on till November. So it's a different theme every month. That's so fun. I love that idea. Yeah. So it's the club that we don't talk about, but we want to talk about. Yeah, exactly. I love it. All right, any other spots that you're planning to visit this year or you're thinking of going to next year that you want to add to the list? Well, I'm going back to Gold class. I'm going to Born Again in November for the hospice to Bonnie. So we are looking at buying a barrel there. But next year, I'm planning to go back to South Africa. I haven't been back since 2017, so I want to go back, and I'm very excited about that because so much has changed and happened, and I just want to go back and see my old friends and see what they've been up to and what the wineries are doing and where they are at. We've done a lot. We increased our portfolio for South African wines here in Ireland, so we managed to get some more. And also I have a South African sommelier, so it helps a lot with the South African wines. Absolutely. Yes. Okay. Fun. So I always end these interviews with, like, a little speed round. But I have one more question before I get to that. Just talking about all of your experiences. We didn't have a chance to really go in depth into all of them because you've done so much over your career. Are there any favorite stories or experiences that stand out to you? And, you know, one thing that's coming to mind is there. There's got to be, like, a story or two from being on the world's largest private yacht. Anything you want to share with us in terms of wine or just stories in. In a whole. A little bit of both. I'll be happy to have just stories overall and then anything related to wine. Wait. I know you think this is an ad, but it's not, so don't hit Skip. I have a small, small favor to ask. Here's the truth. I will never charge you to listen to this show, but every episode takes time and money to create. So if this podcast has helped you pick a better bottle, learn something new, or just kept you company, would you consider becoming a paid subscriber? You can show your support for just 3, 58 or $10 a month to say thanks. Every single supporter gets a shout out on the next episode I record. And if you choose the $10 tier, you actually get to pick a future episode topic. Setting up a subscription is a great way to show your love for the show. Just click the link in the description right now. Thank you for listening, supporting and being part of my wine loving community. Now let's get back to the show. I mean the world was just an amazing place to see the world with and we got to see, you know, you go into expeditions and you go to Antarctica and you go Ross Sea and the rest of it. Ross Sea. Of all the trips I've ever did with the world, the Ross Sea was most probably the most incredible one because it's the other side. So you go Tasmania and then you set sail out and after day three you are without reach and you sail and you sail past one of the biggest glaciers of the world, which is the size of France. And we managed to go until we can't go any further, which is just a big glacier in front of you. So the most sudden tip point. So we're in the Guinness Book of World Records, right? And there's not much to land on there. So if you go to Antarctica on the other side, you can do more landing because you have land and whatnot, but you don't have that in Ross Sea. You have iceberg coming past you in four knots. So we managed to land one day on one of the glaciers and we have a very experienced team from expedition team with us from most of them are New Zealand. They are extremely experienced in terms that they've done this so so many years and many of them had like been frozen in tundra of Ross Sea. They wouldn't go to the other side of Antarctica because it's too touristic, you know, too touristy of Antarctica, man. On the other side maybe 4 to 5,000 people go. But in Ross Sea it's only maybe 3 to 4,000 people a year go because it's more for research. Anyway, we managed to land on one of the glaciers. So they give me a soul and I had to saw out and I built up an ice bar and then I filled it with pink champagne because it kind of showed all this. So I'm standing serving champagne on this glacier where there's like seals coming by and some penguins and things like that. That was just the most weird and unique and the most thrilling kind of experience. I could go back tomorrow if I could. It's one of the most amazing Places. But, yeah, no, it. There's so many stories and many stories. I can't really say either from the world. But it was one of those 20,000 bottles in the cellar, 1500 precision on the wine list. It was just one of those amazing places to work. And also because you buy directly wherever you go in. So you go cheat. Argentina or New Zealand, Australia, whatever. You buy directly because you have direct import directly on the boat. So you could do more research and find more things. But my first contract I ever did with the world, my first contract was expedition in the White Sea Russia. And it's called White Sea Russia because it's only ice. The whole ocean is just ice, even in the summer. But you can only go into it in the summer because that's when the ice is cracked, so you can go through it. And I'd never been on a ship, and I came straight out of South Africa, and they call you for a mandatory safety briefing. And it's when you get taught what to do when you get attacked by a polar bear. Oh, my gosh. And I'm just thinking, where in my contract was it ever saying that I'm gonna be? And to be honest with you, whether you get attacked or not, you're dead. Because it's a polar bear. But it was just one of those surreal moments in life where you're kind of like, okay, I'm on a ship in the White Sea, and I'm getting trained on how to react if I get attacked by polar bear. But it's okay, like, what did I sign up for? How did I end here? Literally? Oh, my gosh. I love it. Okay, so my speed round the way, I end every interview. It's not like I expect you to, like, answer super fast, like, buzzer in. It's more just like, I'm gonna ask you questions that you might have multiple answers for. And we're just looking for, like, what's the first thing that comes to mind? It doesn't have to be a perfect answer. So, for example, what is your favorite wine at the moment? From Prepaid. Okay. All right. 2019. All right. And tell me a little more about. I'm remembering. Is that. That's Burgundy. No, it's Burgundy. And I always jokingly say that my ashes will be spreading Coton Charlemagne, so I can be on everybody's lap for the rest of their life. I love it. Okay, what is your go to bottle of wine to share at, like, to share with friends or to bring to a dinner party? Chablis. Every time. Do you Love surprising people that it is Chardonnay. Yes. So my favorite things to do with Chablis is you serve it and then you go, haha. That was Chardonnay. 100%. Okay. You've done a lot of travel, and maybe we even know the answer to this already. But what is your favorite wine region that you've ever visited? I have to say South Africa. Yeah. Yeah. I was like, it's either going to be that or Burgundy. I'm like, it's got to be one of those African. Yeah. Okay. Now, on the flip side, I feel like this one's gonna be harder for you. What is a wine region you'd like to visit that you haven't been to yet? Don't know. Actually, I would like to go to China to visit the Chinese wine regions. That would be very interesting because they work so differently, especially during the wintertime, how they bury the vineyards. Okay. That would be a cool spot. And I feel like it'd be fun to learn too, like, culturally of, like. I feel like they also, like, the culture is very different in terms of, like, how the wine is served and how they pair it with food. Like, I think that would be really interesting too. Okay. All right. What is again, like, at the moment, your favorite wine and food pairing? Fried chicken and champagne. I think as soon as I ask that question, I'm like, that's the answer. Literally, fried chicken and champagne any day. So good. I just love the combination of, like, you think high end with champagne and just go get yourself a bucket of fried chicken. And, like, it's perfect. It's like sideways. When he drinks, he drinks. What is it? Shava Blanc in. Right. In a plastic cup at McDonald's, which, by the way, has a lot of mallow in it. Yes, yes. Right. Okay, now this one again, I feel like this one might be a little challenging, but if I were to give you $1,000 to spend on wine, what wine would you buy? Would you go for, like, the big guns and, like, get yourself a couple fancy bottles, or are you going for, like, a mix of, you know, unique, you know, smaller producers? I don't need to know, like, every bottle you'd buy. But what's your approach to spending the thousand dollars most. Probably, it depends on who you're dining with. But I was probably gonna do medium in, like, champagne to start with, and then I would do depending on fish or meat. But I will maybe go a little bit bigger for the main and then something sweeter for the dessert. But I would maybe have a couple of Bottles in between just for interest. Yeah. Because I always find it's easy to go for the big guns, but it's always interesting to try new things. And depending on who you with, it's always a pleasure to discover things with them. Yes. Yeah. Okay. So I'm going to dive a little deeper into that. Cause I'm curious if it was a bunch of, like, fellow sommeliers, what would be those, like, interesting, unique bottles that you'd throw in in between. Yeah. Today is that they don't have much here specifically. They don't have much experience on Riesling. So there would definitely be something on Riesling and blind tasting of that, because I don't think that they all will pinpoint it to that directly. Also, Spain. Spain has some incredible interesting wines coming out of classic Old Spain. B is one of the regions that I really love at the moment. Toronto, the lesser known area of Spain, has some extraordinary interesting wines, and I really like those. Nice. Okay, last question for you. What is one wine myth that bugs you the most? That Napa Valley is not a blend. Bordeaux is always a blend. People just don't understand what blend and blend is that. They don't understand that you're blending barrels. Right. That cohesive kind of wine. They always think that this Cabernet from one barrel, and that's it. They don't understand that there is, like, if it's a. Because Napa always says yes, cab. Even though many times it's so many other grapes in came with special selection. For example, you know, to get that character, you have to have something else in there as well. But, you know, and that Bordeaux is always a blend and not just the cab. And that they don't like the blend. They only like the Napa because it's not a blend. Yes. Yeah. I feel like that's, like, two myths in one of, like, one that, like, blends are not as good. Right. Like, a blended wine is not as good. And that, like you said, like, because of the rules in Napa and across the US like, you can label it Cabernet Sauvignon, but there can be, like, what, up to, like, 25% other grapes going on in there. And it is actually a blend. It is actually a blend. And so much better for it. Yes, exactly. I love it. All right, well, we've reached the end of my questions. Is there anything else you want to share before we. Before I let you go? No. Thank you very much for having me. I love your pod. I like the way you do your pod. And I like the way you go around wine. It's really good. Thank you so much. I loved learning from you. It's always fun learning about these different experiences I never would even think about in the wine world. 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