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Meet Jonathan Gibson, FWS , new FWS program provider and FWS authorized instructor in the UK, who just passed the French Wine Scholar exam with the
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Congratulations to Roddy Ropner, FWS for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with honors!

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Congrats to Jennifer Yam, FWS for passing the French Wine Scholar examination with highest honors!

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Congrats Gabriella Fois, FWS for passing the French Wine Scholar exam With Honors!

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Steven Alley, FWS

Congratulations to Steven Alley, FWS for passing the French Wine Scholar exam With Highest Honors!

Steve Alley - CSW & FWS

Fine Wine Consultant & On-Premise
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Kirsten Strand, FWS

Congratulations to Kirsten Strand, FWS for passing the French Wine Scholar Exam With Highest Honors!

I am very pleased to have earned the French Wine
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Raymond O'Mara, FWS

Congratulations Ray O'Mara CWE, FWS, DWS and FWS Instructor in Washington, DC for passing the Champagne Master-Level Exam With Highest Honors!

Ray is the owner
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Diego Del Pino

Congratulations to Diego Del Pino for passing the Champagne Master-Level Exam With Honors!

Diego works for Moët Hennessy USA. He is the Business Development Manager
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Terence Wong, FWS

Congratulations Terence for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors!

Terence is working in L'atelier de Joel Robuchon Hong Kong as Sommelier. This
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Gerard Leung, FWS

Gerard is Marketing Executive at Telford International (Facebook a/c: Telford Wine and Spirits). He is responsible for the brand management of French wine portfolio and
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Robert Tirk, FWS

About Robert:

''I am a Retail Wine Specialist with the PLCB(Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board). The focus of my job is address customer needs and wants
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Richard Blahunka, FWS

About Rick:

''I have been an amateur French wine enthusiast since 1976 and even though I have never worked in the wine industry, I have
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Christine Spoor, FWS

A few words from Christine:

"I began my formal study of wine 8 years ago to become a more educated consumer. I decided to shift
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JiaJia Pan, FWS

JiaJian Pan is the founder and CEO of TAOTAO Private Cellar, founder and CEO of JC METROPOLITAN, Guangzhou and shareholder/board member of French Melisey Electronic
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Stephen Allison, FWS

About Stephen:

The French Wine Scholar program was an excellent step in my educational path. It took what I learned of French wine in the
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Shelley Cartland, FWS

A few words from Shelley: This year marks a year of creating my own reality with wine education as the driving force. My journey combines
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Dana Lee, FWS

Dana is an attorney and Associate Vice President for Legal Affairs at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, USA.

A few words from
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David Alexander, FWS

Congrats David Alexander for passing the French Wine Scholar Exam with The Sydney Wine Academy

A few words from David: " I am 32 years old,
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Brett Thurman

Hats off to Brett Thurman for passing the Champagne Master-Level Exam With Honors!

Brett works as a Wine Steward and Buyer for Safeway and aspire
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Jolanta Smiciene

Congratulations Jolanta Smiciene for passing the Champagne Master-Level exam with honors!

Jolanta is currently a wine (and champagne) lector and consultant. She regularly provides tastings,
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Jimmy Smith, FWS

Congrats to Jimmy Smith for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with the highest honors!

We are thrilled to welcome Jimmy and the West London
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Sivakumar Sathiamoorthy, FWS

Congratulations to Sivakumar Sathiamoorthy who successfully passed the French Wine Scholar exam with Highest Honors.

Sivakumar is a Financial Risk Manager working in the Commodity
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Jose Rafael Arango, FWS

Congratulations to Jose Rafael Arango who successfully passed the French Wine Scholar exam with honors with The Wine School in Bogota, Colombia.

Jose works as
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Deet Gilbert, FWS

Congrats Deet Gilbert for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with honors!

Deet is teaching service and beverage in the College of Culinary Arts at
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Alumni

Find below the list of individuals who have successfully passed one or more exams offered by the Wine Scholar Guild. You may search by name and filter by program.

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Name Passed Exams
Nancy Reynolds, FWS, IWS Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Alsace Master-Level with Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
Italian Wine Scholar with Highest Honors

Rose-Anne St. Jean, FWS Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level
Alsace Master-Level with Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors

Donald McEachern
Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Alsace Master-Level
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Sud de France Master-Level with Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors

Erika Frey Alsace Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors

Raymond O'Mara
Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors
Alsace Master-Level with Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors

Maggie Meroney
Rhône Master-Level with Honors
Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors
Provence Master-Level with Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Honors

Nick Hendrix, FWS Rhône Master-Level with Honors
Sud de France Master-Level
Provence Master-Level
Bourgogne Master-Level
Alsace Master-Level
French Wine Scholar

Kevin Cleary, FWS Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Italian Wine Scholar with Highest Honors

Lynelle Larson-Greene Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors

Mike Dutch
Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors

Mark Shipway Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Sud de France Master-Level with Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors

Shaun Tucker, FWS Rhône Master-Level with Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors

Hood Hon, FWS Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Honors
Alsace Master-Level
Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors

Xu Zhang Rhône Master-Level with Honors
Sud de France Master-Level with Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar

Jo-Ann Ross, DWS, FWS
Sud de France Master-Level with Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors
Provence Master-Level with Honors
Alsace Master-Level
French Wine Scholar with Honors

Kirra Barnes Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors

Linda McPhee, FWS
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors

Sharon Mader, FWS Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors

Tina W Isbell, FWS Rhône Master-Level with Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors

Michelle Davis, FWS Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Sud de France Master-Level with Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors

Rick Blahunka
Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Honors
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors

Kent Benson
Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Honors
Champagne Master-Level

Martin Maynard, FWS Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors
French Wine Scholar with Honors

Scott Perkins, FWS Rhône Master-Level with Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level
Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar with Honors

Christine Spoor, FWS Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors
Alsace Master-Level with Honors
French Wine Scholar
Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors

David MacDougall, FWS Rhône Master-Level with Honors
Bordeaux Master-Level
Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
French Wine Scholar

Charles Warner, FWS, CWE, CSS, CS Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors
Alsace Master-Level with Honors
French Wine Scholar
Champagne Master-Level

Mladen Stoev
Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors
Bourgogne Master-Level
Champagne Master-Level
Alsace Master-Level with Honors

Tack Wai CHEONG Sud de France Master-Level
Provence Master-Level
Bordeaux Master-Level
Rhône Master-Level with Honors

Kyle Whitney, FWS Rhône Master-Level
Bordeaux Master-Level
Provence Master-Level
French Wine Scholar
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Name	Passed Exams
Nancy Reynolds, FWS, IWS	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors Alsace Master-Level with Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors Italian Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Rose-Anne St. Jean, FWS	Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors Bourgogne Master-Level Alsace Master-Level with Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Donald McEachern	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Alsace Master-Level Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors Sud de France Master-Level with Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors
Erika Frey	Alsace Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors
Raymond O'Mara	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors Alsace Master-Level with Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
Maggie Meroney	Rhône Master-Level with Honors Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors Provence Master-Level with Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Honors
Nick Hendrix, FWS	Rhône Master-Level with Honors Sud de France Master-Level Provence Master-Level Bourgogne Master-Level Alsace Master-Level French Wine Scholar
Kevin Cleary, FWS	Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Italian Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Lynelle Larson-Greene	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Mike Dutch	Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Mark Shipway	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors Sud de France Master-Level with Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Shaun Tucker, FWS	Rhône Master-Level with Honors Bordeaux Master-Level Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Hood Hon, FWS	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Honors Alsace Master-Level Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors
Xu Zhang	Rhône Master-Level with Honors Sud de France Master-Level with Honors Bordeaux Master-Level Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar
Jo-Ann Ross, DWS, FWS	Sud de France Master-Level with Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors Provence Master-Level with Honors Alsace Master-Level French Wine Scholar with Honors
Kirra Barnes	Sud de France Master-Level with Highest Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Linda McPhee, FWS	Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Sharon Mader, FWS	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Champagne Master-Level with Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
Tina W Isbell, FWS	Rhône Master-Level with Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
Michelle Davis, FWS	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors Sud de France Master-Level with Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors
Rick Blahunka	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Honors Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors
Kent Benson	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Honors Champagne Master-Level
Martin Maynard, FWS	Rhône Master-Level with Highest Honors Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors French Wine Scholar with Honors
Scott Perkins, FWS	Rhône Master-Level with Honors Bordeaux Master-Level Bourgogne Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar with Honors
Christine Spoor, FWS	Bourgogne Master-Level with Honors Alsace Master-Level with Honors French Wine Scholar Champagne Master-Level with Highest Honors
David MacDougall, FWS	Rhône Master-Level with Honors Bordeaux Master-Level Provence Master-Level with Highest Honors French Wine Scholar
Charles Warner, FWS, CWE, CSS, CS	Bordeaux Master-Level with Highest Honors Alsace Master-Level with Honors French Wine Scholar Champagne Master-Level
Mladen Stoev	Bordeaux Master-Level with Honors Bourgogne Master-Level Champagne Master-Level Alsace Master-Level with Honors
Tack Wai CHEONG	Sud de France Master-Level Provence Master-Level Bordeaux Master-Level Rhône Master-Level with Honors
Kyle Whitney, FWS	Rhône Master-Level Bordeaux Master-Level Provence Master-Level French Wine Scholar

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