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by Miquel Hudin | 20-08-2020 ~ 15 Comments
Wine education is something not to be undertaken lightly. There's the investment of time and, well, a great deal of money. There's also the issue of choosing the right direction which can be hard to... more »
Wine education is something not to be undertaken lightly. There's the investment... more »
A less glamorous aspect of advanced wine studies–especially when it comes to the of the Court of Master Sommeliers–is the requirement to have at the ready, all the years where Vintage Ports were declared. “Oh... more »
A less glamorous aspect of advanced wine studies–especially when it comes to... more »
In these illustrious times of silly-haired men holding sway over the misdirection of the world, predictions of any kind are slightly less useful than horse sweat. But, as little value as general predictions may have,... more »
In these illustrious times of silly-haired men holding sway over the misdirection... more »
The Coravin. This little device has changed the face of wine service and storage massively since its creation in 2011. The act of jabbing a hollow needle through the cork in a wine bottle, injecting... more »
The Coravin. This little device has changed the face of wine service... more »
If you’ve not seen it, GuildSomm has posted its 2016 salary survey which anyone, even non-subscribers to the site can view. They create this by putting out a poll that people answer anonymously on the... more »
If you’ve not seen it, GuildSomm has posted its 2016 salary survey... more »
For some time I’ve been reading articles written by Bianca Bosker about certain aspects of the wine world. While positing topics that have no end of potential (such as “Is there a better way to... more »
For some time I’ve been reading articles written by Bianca Bosker about... more »
by Miquel Hudin | 20-02-2016 ~ 1 Comment
When I set down the path of sommelier studies something that was really confusing me (beyond my initial question to do WSET or CMS) was this thing called the Guild of Sommeliers. This was in... more »
When I set down the path of sommelier studies something that was... more »
by Miquel Hudin | 28-12-2015 ~ 16 Comments
You read up on the differences between the WSET & the Court of Master Sommeliers, you went the sommelier path and you passed the CMS Level 1. Thus, you have arrived. Now, is where it... more »
You read up on the differences between the WSET & the Court... more »
So, maybe you've read up about the various differences between the WSET & Court of Master Sommeliers (CMS) and now you're headed on the CMS path of things. The first stop on this is to... more »
So, maybe you've read up about the various differences between the WSET... more »
by Miquel Hudin | 05-12-2015 ~ 48 Comments
Please note that while there's a wealth of information here, I've written an updated version of this education analysis as well that would be worth your while to read. Years ago, I found myself quite... more »
Please note that while there's a wealth of information here, I've written... more »
