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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, Week 8, Wine Production: Sweet Wines
Okay after a few very geeky weeks and science not exactly being my strong suit I felt immediately back at home with a glass in hand tasting a selection of sweet wines in week 8 of my WSET Diploma. Sweet … Continue reading
WSET Diploma, Week 7, Factors Affecting Quality and Style (2)
Week 7, was one of the final really technical sessions of the WSET Diploma Unit 2 Wine Production module. This week we put ourselves in the shoes of a winemaker and made decisions on the wine making techniques and technologies we would … Continue reading
WSET Diploma, Week 6, Factors Affecting Quality and Style (1)
Week 6 of the WSET Diploma got all geeky again and we looked at some of the different adjustments a winemaker can make to improve the final quality and balance of a wine. Enrichment – this is where sugar is … Continue reading
WSET Diploma, Week 5 – Wine Production: Dry White, Red and Rosé Wines
Now in Week 5 we took a step away from the books and got on with the side of the course I find so very useful, the blind tasting. We started with three white wines and were told all three … Continue reading
WSET Diploma, Week Three – Wine Production: Natural Factors and Human Influences (1)
Apologies – I’ve got little behind with documenting my WSET Diploma wine studies but document I will, better late than never! The next two viticulture classes were taken by Anna Martens, an Australian who has spent time as a flying winemaker … Continue reading
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WSET Diploma, Week Two – Diploma level wine tasting
So week two of wine school and we finally got into the part I love the most – the blind tasting. Although this was blind tasting but not quite as I knew it. Diploma level tasting is more than just … Continue reading
WSET Diploma, Week One – the start of a very long and wonderful journey
Woah the WSET Diploma in Wine and Spirits is going to be full on – I’ve just finished my first class and realise I have so much to learn. Right now I am a little giddy ball of emotion, who is… …one … Continue reading
