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South African Wines: Ready for their Close-up

Most of you know I’m in the throes of my WSET Diploma certification. I just finished Unit 1, The Global Business of Wine, which includes

This was Week 2 of my WSET Spirits class. We talked about brandy and bitters, and officially entered the realm of the obscure. Bitters are

Last week, I started the latest unit of study for my WSET Diploma . . . Spirits of the World. I walked into the classroom,

Today’s words have zippy to do with wine, but I warned you that would happen from time to time. I just got back from Spring

It’s been far too long since I’ve sat down to do a W3 post. Excuses, excuses . . . but I’ve been buried in research

My WSET Diploma Case Study exam on the South African wine industry is tomorrow morning. Save for my daughter’s indoor soccer game on Saturday night,