{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Tasting Notes Toronto by Insider Wine","title":"This Wine Has Resting Bitch Face — Nabilah Rawji","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3190,"description":"What happens when a field biologist watches Somm on Netflix and decides to become a sommelier?\nNabilah Rawji was supposed to be a field biologist — the kind who spends 12-hour days hiking through the Amazon. Then a family stroke changed her plans, a nonprofit job disappeared, and a Netflix documentary pointed her toward a career she’d never considered. What followed is one of Toronto wine’s great scrappy origin stories: 60 cold messages to strangers, two replies, multiple restaurant jobs, and a rapid climb from zero to Advanced Sommelier.\nWe get into what Somm doesn’t show you about working in restaurants, how Nabilah built her career, and what it takes to be a sommelier and a parent in an industry built around evenings. We talk about Restaurant Lucie, her wine consulting and education work, and the challenge of putting a price on your own expertise.\nWe also get into her magical wine travels, the current struggle facing Vinequity — the organization she co-founded to provide scholarships and mentorship — and why Nebbiolo has “resting bitch face.”\nThis Wine Has Resting Bitch Face — Nabilah Rawji\n00:00  “Nebbiolo has resting bitch face”\n00:36  The 80% overlap between field biology and somm work\n04:07  The stroke that ended the PhD dream\n05:53  Unemployed on the couch, watching Somm on Netflix\n08:31  60 cold messages, two replies, three jobs at once\n10:48  Why a Toronto restaurant floor isn’t her hardest job\n12:15  Zero to certified in 18 months — inside the Sunday study group\n15:23  The new Restaurant Lucie\n20:28  The blind pour that broke a guest’s brain (Ontario vs. New Zealand)\n23:11  Two nights a week: making motherhood fit fine dining\n30:26  “Please tell me to hit send on this invoice”\n34:39  Vinequity’s do-or-die year — where your $20 actually goes\n41:24  Why Nebbiolo’s attitude is worth it: an Alto Piemonte pilgrimage\n46:24  Standing in the Cretan sea, feeling terroir\n51:17  Why somms across the world call each other\n🙌 Enjoyed the episode? Follow, rate, and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qu6sl5IgAAe55ng9ARpyYSW-PPfIZ_6b8pSn9asQ7QY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZTNh/NGU4YjQ5YmQ5ODk4/NTdiOGYwNGZhNDM1/ZjZmZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}