Bordeaux

Victoria Chen

  • Studying wine under the wings of the ML programs of the Wine Scholar Guild speeds up my wine learning journey without traveling to other cities or countries.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Levels 2 & 3
Congratulations to Victoria Chen, for passing the Bordeaux Master Level exam with highest honors! About Victoria: I LOVE wine… I just love everything about wine…from sipping, tasting, researching, buying, traveling to studying wine! Sipping different grape varietals and regions of wine takes me...

Mário Márcio Lescano Júnior

  • Bordeaux Master-Level was the last missing piece for me regarding Master-Level courses. And it was the best one!
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 3, WSG Wine Scholar: French; Italian; Spanish. WSG Master Levels: Rhone; Bourgogne; Champagne, Provence, Alsace, Loire
Congratulations to Mário Márcio Lescano Júnior, for passing the Bordeaux Master Level exam with highest honors! About Mário: I am a wine enthusiast. I have always been passionate about wine and had a dream: to make a Professional Sommelier course. As a Major in the Brazilian Army, my dream had to...

Charlie Geoghegan

  • I hope to continue working closely with Bordeaux and its wines for many years to come, so I am confident that the Master-Level program will prove to be a wise investment!
  • Senior Copywriter, Berry Bros. & Rudd
  • WSET Level 3, Italian Wine Scholar
Congratulations to Charlie Geoghegan, for passing the Bordeaux Master Level exam with highest honors! About Charlie: I’m from Dublin, Ireland, where I started out in wine retailing in 2012. I later moved to Bordeaux, where I lived for three years, completing an MBA, interning at a leading winery,...

Noelle Harman

  • There’s no better in-depth course of study than the Wine Scholar Guild’s Master Level programs.
  • Wine Blogger, outwines.blog
  • WSET Level 3, FWS with highest honors, IWS with highest honors, Rhone Master Level
Congratulations to Noelle Harman for passing the Bordeaux Master Level program with highest honors! About Noelle: After a 10 year career as a tax attorney, I came to the decision that life was too short to continue in a career that I wasn’t passionate about. (Thankfully, I have a very supportive...

Bruce Smoller, Bordeaux ML

  • Bordeaux is an especially fun curriculum to have learned about
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • FWS, IWS, Burgundy ML, Rhone Valley ML
Congratulations to Bruce Smoller for passing the Bordeaux Master Level exam with highest honors!About Bruce: I am simply an amateur with a passion for learning about wine. The genesis for the interest probably arose from my days of living relatively close to Napa Valley and making trips there to...

Brandon Boudreau, Bordeaux ML

  • Having a program so rich with information coupled with leading renowned experts is a beautiful equation for enriching students like myself.
  • Sommelier at Georgian Room in Sea Island, GA
  • Certified Sommelier (CMS), Certified Specialist of Wine CSW, FWS
Congratulations to Brandon Boudreau for passing the Bordeaux Master Level exam with highest honors!About Brandon:I would say I'm an aspiring wine professional who is enthusiastic about every second of the process. I am very lucky to have found my passion at a young age, as I find fine wine to be...

Kevin Shaffer, Bordeaux ML

  • For anyone aspiring to reach the pinnacle of the industry, such as Master of Wine, the ML programs are a great way to prepare.
  • Key Accounts Manager at Vintage Imports (Bristol, PA)
  • FWS, IWS, ML Champagne, ML Bourgogne
Congratulations to Kevin Shaffer for passing the Bordeaux Master Level exam with highest honors! About Kevin:My interest in wine started while I was living at home after graduating from college. My father had a wine cellar that contained mostly classified Bordeaux wines from the 1960s and 1970s....

Jeffrey G. Jones

  • My master-level studies forced me to explore in some depth topics that I had not concentrated on in my independent studies
  • Wine Enthusiast
Congrats to Jeffrey G. Jones for passing the Bordeaux Master-Level exam with the highest honors! About Jeffrey G. Jones: ''My enthusiasm for wine began years ago in college. I have been a life-long student of wine, especially those of Bordeaux. For me, the study of wines ties together the...

Chad Watkins

  • For me in particular as a younger professional, having courses like the ML program has given me lots of respect because of the knowledge I’ve gained and the ability that gives me to talk intelligibly about wines to other wine professionals and consumers.
  • Brand Manager for The Winebow Group, specializing in Greek and Australian wines.
  • Certified Specialist of Wine CSW, Alsace Master Level.
Congratulations to Chad Watkins for successfully passing the Bordeaux Master-Level exam with the highest honors! About Chad: ''I have been working in the wine industry for almost 10 years. I spent a year studying history and French language in Strasbourg, France. It was here I fell in love with...

Mak HF George

  • I found that the Bordeaux Master Level program complemented much in my WSET Diploma Study as it digs much deeper than what this qualification expects and covers Bordeaux, my favorite wine region, completely.
  • Wine Enthusiast with special interest in Bordeaux.
  • WSET Level 3 in Sake, Certified Specialist of Wine CSW.
Congratulations to George HF Mak for passing the Bordeaux Master-Level exam with the honors! About George: ''I am a wine enthusiast with special interest in Bordeaux, one of the most famous and prestigious wine region of the world. The sub region which made me fell in love with Bordeaux and wine...

Gershwin Narraidoo

  • Completing the Bordeaux Master Level has enabled me to better appreciate Bordeaux wine through an in depth understanding of its history, geography, viticulture and culture.
  • Hospitality educator in service, management, spirits and oenology at the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University in North Miami
  • Certified Bordeaux wine educator, approved instructor of FWS
Congratulations to Gershwin Narraidoo, FWS and FWS authorized instructor for passing the Bordeaux Master Level examination with honors! About Gershwin: As a certified Bordeaux wine educator and approved instructor of FWS, Gershwin has been teaching at the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson &...

Erika Frey, FWS

  • My customers and students often feel a bit intimidated by Bordeaux wines.[...] I feel better equipped to explain what makes this region particularly unique and successful.
  • Certified Wine Educator working in the Boston area
  • FWS, WSET Diploma, Certified Wine Educator CSW
Congrats Erika Frey, FWS for successfully passing the Bordeaux Master-Level exam with the highest honors! About Erika: ''I am a Certified Wine Educator working in the Boston area as a wine educator for both wine professionals and consumers. In addition, I’m a senior team member of a small retail...