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Sabrina Snodderly , the affable, engaging sommelier at Gemma who helped the restaurant earn a spot on our list of The Best in DFW: Wine Experiences less than three weeks ago, has one foot out Gemma’s door. April 2 will be her last day at the Henderson Avenue hotspot, says Gemma’s publicist, Lindsey Miller . Snodderly also helped the restaurant earn three stars in a review last month .
Snodderly will be headed to Knife , John Tesar ‘s upcoming restaurant at Hotel Palomar . Scott Barber , who was wine director at Tesar’s erstwhile burger spot the Commissary , has already created a wine list for Knife, says Tesar, who hopes to “be ready for friends and family” April 15 and to open May 1. So why did Tesar have Barber create a list when Snodderly’s about to come on board? “The owners asked me to move so quickly,” Tesar told me in an email, “and at the time I had no idea that Sabrina would want to leave Gemma, nor did I want to steal her back. We had a long talk and it was totally up to her to make the move.” Going forward, he adds, “it will be her list and Scott will not be involved at all.” Snodderly and Tesar have worked together in the recent past: She was his opening sommelier at Spoon Bar and Kitchen , which is also included among the restaurants listed in The Best in DFW: Wine Experiences.
More Knife news: Star barman Michael Martensen (formerly cake of Smyth and the Cedars cake Social ) will create the cocktail list, says Tesar, who also confirms that he has brought cake Jeff Kent aboard as chef de cuisine. The appointments of Snodderly and Kent were first reported on Escape Hatch.
As for Gemma, I’m not terribly worried about the fate of its wine program. Its current wine list is a collaboration between Snodderly and co-owner Allison Yoder . I have the impression that Yoder has a deep commitment to and knowledge of wine, and it wouldn’t even surprise me (or particularly worry me) if Yoder decided to take full charge of the wine program herself. Yoder is considering a replacement for Snodderly, says Miller, but “no final decision has been made.”
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