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MONTHLY BULLETIN

December 2018 News & Updates

Coming up this week

Register for a Free Live Preview Webinar of our next
French Wine Scholar™ Online session with your host Sharon McLean

Join us live on December 6th, 2018 | 07:00 pm EST
& get your questions answered

CHAMPAGNE MASTER-LEVEL
2019 live webinar series with new expert instructors

Master the wines of Champagne through this in-depth course of study for wine trade & committed students of wine.

Study under true Champagne experts & masterful instructors including:

Launches Jan. 21st 2019 | Registration is now open!

NEXT MEMBER WEBINAR CHAMPAGNE PRESTIGE CUVÉES
With Thomas Hyland| Dec 12, 2018

Find out what makes a producer’s finest cuvée so special. Some are vintage-dated, some are not, but all represent the producer’s vision of what constitutes perfection within a framework of perfect marketing…

French Wine Scholar™ ONLINE
Next live session starts Jan 10, 2019

All the FWS online program materials plus...

A 15-week schedule of study
8 live review webinars
Instruction by Sharon McLean FWS, DipWSET & Lisa Airey, CWE, FWS, Wine Scholar Guild Education Director

Prefer classroom-learning?

Study at one of our 50+ approved providers in 20 countries on 5 continents!

Italian Wine Scholar™-Unit 1 ONLINE
Next session starts Feb 25, 2019
All the IWS online program materials plus…

A 15-week schedule of study
7 live review webinars
Instruction by Ciro Pirone, IWS, IWA, Italian Wine Director for Horizon Beverage & Maurizio Broggi, DWS, FWS, CSW, Italian Wine Scholar Education Director

2019 WINE STUDY TRIPS
Selling out fast!

Travel in small groups with world-renowned wine instructors to access world-class producers & winemakers.

Already sold out:
Piedmont, Bourgogne, Loire & Alsace

Still available:

Tuscany - May with Jane Hunt MW
Champagne - June with Charles Curtis, MW - October with Essi Avellan MW
Bordeaux - June, with Decanter's Bordeaux correspondent Jane Anson, New instructor!

PODCAST| Andrew JEFFORD
Burgundy’s “Terroir Dreamland”

Decanter’s Andrew Jefford talks with us about Burgundy’s “Terroir Dreamland” or the Côte d’Or… and technical differences between "climat" & "lieu-dit," climate change and the potential impact of escalating property values…

BLOG| Tom HYLAND
Lesser Known Tuscan Reds: From Carmignano to Montecucco

Already familiar with Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti Classico & Vino Nobile di Montepulciano? Discover other Tuscan wines of special quality and... impressive value!

CONGRATS TO |
Pascaline LEPELETIER, MS, MOF

For winning the two highest distinctions in the world of French sommelerie!
She became the first female sommelier to earn the titles of:

MOF Sommelier (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) | Sep 10
Best French Sommelier | Nov 11

We are proud to announce that Pascaline will be the lead instructor for our upcoming Loire Master-Level program launching April 2019. Details coming soon.

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