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Category Archives: WSET Diploma Wine & Spirits Study Diary
WSET revision: Fortified Wine tasting practice
Going to wine school often leaves me open to teasing, when I started a new job recently and said I needed to leave early for wine school, it raised a few smiles – apparently if I have wine school then … Continue reading
WSET Diploma Studies: Rum Part 1 – The Rum Trade
Rum is the fastest growing spirits category in key markets worldwide. China has seen phenomenal growth, between 2005-2010 rum volume sales in China increased by 286% and value sales increased by a crazy 401%. Here in the UK, sales are … Continue reading
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WSET Diploma studies: Italian sparkling wine
Italy is doing pretty darn well in the sales stakes, it is the number three country of origin for sparkling wine. In 2010, Italian sparkling wine sales in the UK were up 19% set against a relatively flat sparkling market … Continue reading
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WSET Diploma Studies: Crémant
Originally Crémant referred to a style of sparkling wine or Champagne that was less fizzy – Krug had a Crémant in the 1970s. Today, Crémant refers to a French traditional method sparkling wine made outside of Champagne. Crémant was adopted … Continue reading
WSET Diploma Studies: Champagne Part 2 – The Champagne Trade
My only regret in life is that I didn’t drink enough Champagne“ John Maynard Keynes Champagne covers just 34,500 hectares, yet is spread over 301 villages and 19,000 growers – including a good many part-time growers with tiny parcels of grapes. … Continue reading
WSET Diploma Studies: Champagne Part 1 – The Champagne Region
Champagne is more than just a drink it is a statement, a lifestyle, and for some, a way of life. “So we came to the Ritz hotel and the Ritz Hotel was divine. Because when a girl can sit in a delightful bar … Continue reading
WSET Diploma studies – Champagne and Sparkling wine what it is and how it’s made?
Champagne and sparkling wine has the ability to enhance any drinking occasion and add a certain sparkle to proceedings. In order the create wine, grapes are crushed and fermented. During fermentation the grapes’ sugars are converted into alcohol, the byproduct … Continue reading
Fortified Wines tasting exam advice from Jeremy Rockett of Gonzalez Byass UK
The drinks industry is such a beautiful place, there are no end of people willing to lend your their ear, show you round a bodega or pass on some helpful hints and tips to keen Diploma students bricking it about their … Continue reading
