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I suggested to Erica that an Easter Wine Pairing blog would be appropriate for this week, but as Erica was busy teaching it fell to me to write this one!
Great British Bake Off inspired Easter Wine Pairing
As I watched the Great British Bake Off Easter Masterclass  on Tuesday night, I …

Cheap wine what do we mean by this? My Thesaurus says cheap means inexpensive, low-priced, economical, going for a song! What would you classify as a cheap wine?
As of today wine prices are on the increase again! The chancellor has stopped the Beer Duty Escalator, but wine and spirits remain …

While some celebrities, such as Johnny Depp, and David and Victoria Beckham, own vineyards and wine estates solely for personal use, some celebrities are leveraging their name recognition as a selling tool in the wine industry. Today celebrity-owned wineries can be lucrative business ventures.  Just last week the first 6,000 …

More and more students of the WSET courses are from the Superyacht world and what a fascinating one that is. Do you know that yacht crew can earn around £5,000.00 per month, no nor did I, would I have considered being yacht crew member had I known that years ago, …

Enjoy Discovering Wine were delighted to be shortlisted for the Riedel Trophy for the WSET Educator of the Year 2012.
The criteria for selecting the short list of ten educators was “individuals and companies who have made a significant contribution to WSET courses and qualifications in the past year, and who …

The role of the Sommelier
As part of our Introduction to Sommelier Course students take their WSET Level 1 Award in Service training assessment, which is aimed at giving a good understanding of the roles of a sommelier. The training involves a lot of discussion around what a day in the …

Valentine’s wine — what do we mean by that?
We can more confidently say ‘Christmas wines’ because for many cultures that means having roast dinners and rich puddings, similarly for ‘Thanksgiving wines’, then there are summer wines, winter-warmer wines, etc., but I wonder what is Valentine’s wine to most people?
Enjoying my Sunday roast …

Week one is all about winemaking, so EDW’s WSET Level 3 class took a trip out to Setley Ridge Vineyard this week to meet consultant winegrower Roger Marchbank.
Cold climate winemaking challenges
Roger is currently the Deputy Chairman of the United Kingdom Vineyards Association so a great person to explain the intricacies …

Wine and tapas, two of my favourite things! A wonderful exploration of what fun can be had with flavours and textures.
What prompts me to write this was last week having had wine and tapas at one of my favourite London haunts, and one which anyone who is a fan of …

I regularly teach about the different styles of sparkling wine on the WSET courses: the Level 1 introduces Champagne and Cava; Level 2 we add Asti, Prosecco, Sekt, Crémant, Saumur and New World sparkling wine; Level 3 much more detail on these sparkling wines. It is not unusual for me to …