Part of my job in the retail wine industry is to translate what people say into what they actually mean. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes frustrating,
Category: WSET
Some Somm Bling
It’s almost impossible to buy me a wine-related gift. Or so I’ve been told. I’m pretty sure I own every wine cork/bottle/barrel tchotchke there is.
WSET Diploma Unit 3 — Tips and Advice
Several folks asked me if I would put together some tips and advice for the WSET Diploma Unit 3 Exam (aka the Mother-of-all-Exams). That exam
Book Review: Root Cause
Phylloxera are little assholes. Let’s get that right out of the way. Phylloxera are tiny, nearly translucent-yellow bugs, aphids to be exact. In a nutshell,
And . . . That’s a Wrap!
Results for WSET Diploma Unit 3 were released last week, and I am both pleased and profoundly relieved to report that I passed both sections
Quick Update . . . and Then Off to Work!!
On Thursday, I sat for my (hopefully) last WSET Diploma exam — the dreaded Unit 3. It’s a grueling exam — three hours of blind
