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Welcoming Justin Martindale MW

The love of wine and music often mesh. Both arouse our senses and emotions; both appeal aesthetically; both console and nourish. And they’ve done this since our earliest days. The world’s oldest alcoholic residues, dating back 9,000 years, were found alongside flutes made from the wing bones of...

Study Italian Wine Essentials at Borgo San Vicenzo in Tuscany

WSG is proud to partner with Borgo San Vincenzo to offer an immersive experience for the Italian Wine Essentials program (IWS Prep). The program blends wine education with history, culture, cuisine, and much more in a real-world setting in the heart of gorgeous Tuscany. The inaugural course in...

Discover the Wines of Abruzzo and the Charming Taste of Europe

WSG is thrilled to collaborate with The San Francisco Wine School, a WSG Approved Program Provider, for a FREE 2-part educational series dedicated to the discovery of the wines of Abruzzo, Italy. These two online events will be hosted by Master Sommelier David Glancy, Andrea Eby, Italian Programs...

Wine Scholar Guild Launches WSG Studio

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of WSG Studio, a digital hub featuring an extensive collection of live and on-demand wine education content! With WSG Studio, wine students of all levels can curate their own independent learning paths to complement their studies, or simply connect to stay...

WSG Tasting Lab®: Advanced Analytical Tasting with Caroline Hermann MW (recording)

This wine has high acidity, medium alcohol with medium body, and aromas of lemon, lime, and wet stones. Sound familiar? Wine tasting notes can appear strikingly similar on paper, especially when tasting a suite of comparable wines. But, as a taster, how can you differentiate them? Do we learn...

Discover the Latest Version of French Wine Scholar®

It's official! We have launched the 7th version of the French Wine Scholar® program! The updated study manual, state-of-the-art e-learning modules, and instructor resources have been carefully enhanced to create the most current program on the wines of France. This newest version is the product of...

Navigating a Career in Wine and Spirits with Pam Kindel Connors

The wine and spirits industry offers some of the most amazing opportunities in the job market. In fact, it has often been said that this particular career path is also a lifestyle. Do you have the personality and skill set to find success within this field? Find out! Join Pam Kindel Connors of...

WSG Releases Tasting Lab® - Change the Way You Taste

On April 13, WSG members, alumni and school network had the chance to discover WSG Tasting Lab®. This revolutionary way of tasting wine uses two distinct tasting grids and a lexicon created by WSG and wine industry experts that focus on a wine’s mouthfeel, texture and shape and how these elements...

Live Preview | SWS with Rick Fisher (RECORDING)

Watch the Preview of the Spanish Wine Scholar Program, with Rick Fisher, Spanish Programs Director

NEW | Have Your Say: The Language of Wine, Tasting Notes & Scores with Andrew Jefford and William Kelley

Did you enjoy reading our Great Debate blog on The Language of Wine, Tasting Notes & Scores with Andrew Jefford and Dr. William Kelley? If so, now it is your chance to HAVE YOUR SAY with our two debaters. We are following up their written debate with a live one airing on Wednesday, February 23,...

FREE Webinar | The Science of Wine Tasting 2022: Bridging Enology to Perception

Wine tasting is an unique perceptual experience which endeavors to unify the numerous molecules present in the wine (and the elements around the wine) into an meaningful representation in our mind. Wine tasting often focuses on the object of the experience, that is to say the wine and its...

Wine Scholar Guild Initiates the Architecture of Taste Research Project

The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) has initiated an ambitious undertaking aimed at developing a new way to assess wine: the Architecture of Taste Research Project (ATRP) The Architecture of Taste Research Project aspires to find a way to empower the individual to taste and describe wine with an enriched...

The Golden Vines Diversity Scholarships & Gerard Basset Global Fine Wine Report

The WSG is delighted to announce our support for The Golden Vines Diversity Scholarships in association with Liquid Icons and the Gerard Basset Wine Education Charitable Foundation. Liquid Icons, the fine wine research and content production company founded by the late, great Gerard Basset OBE MW...

Wine Scholar Guild Fab 15: A Power Tasting of the Best of France, Italy, and Spain

Over the course of 15 years, Wine Scholar Guild has enabled committed students of wine to expand beyond general wine knowledge curricula and specialize in the three leading wine producing countries in the world: France, Italy, and Spain. Acclaimed for the academic rigor of its programs,...

WSG Blog receives Top 101 Wine Writer's Award

We are delighted to announce that our Blog was ranked #12 on the list of the Top 101 Wine Writers Of 2020 Award by Corking Wines!

Looking Back on 15 Years of Specialized Wine Education

This month, the Wine Scholar Guild celebrates its 15th anniversary! Such a milestone gives pause for thought. I’d like to share with you—our students, members and supporters—some key moments, joys and stressors we’ve had on this extraordinary journey.

Mary Kirk joins Wine Scholar Guild as Community and Membership Manager

We are thrilled to announce that Mary Kirk will be joining the WSG team as our Community and Membership Manager. Mary has been part of the WSG family since its beginnings and we are delighted to have her come onboard in this capacity as we know that she will be a great addition not only to our...

Andrea Eby joins Wine Scholar Guild as Italian Wine Programs Director

Andrea E. Eby comes to the Wine Scholar Guild from a background in wine and education. Andrea is excited to join the WSG team to oversee all aspects of WSG's Italian Wine programs. Andrea earned the Diploma in Wine and Spirits (with Distinction) from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET)® in...

2019 Wine Scholar Guild Awards

Wine Scholar Guild is proud to honor those who set themselves apart by their extraordinary professional accomplishment in 2019. We take great pleasure in announcing the WSG Program Provider Awards, WSG Top Scorers Awards and WSG Master of Wine Candidate scholarships. WSG Program Provider Awards...

INTERVIEW: Reto Thörig and Juan Lo Bello from Wein-Werkstatt (Basel, Switzerland)

Meet Reto Thörig and Juan Lo Bello from Wein-Werkstatt in Basel, first wine school to offer the French Wine Scholar® program in Switzerland! The first FWS sessions at Wein-Werkstatt are scheduled to begin March and June 2020, more information and registration HERE You state on your website that...