FWS

Kumar Sandrasegaran, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • Now, I have no issues in ordering a French wine with a meal and am the go-to wine person for my friends at a restaurant.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 2
Congratulations to Kumar Sandrasegaran, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Kumar: I have been enthusiastic about wine and viticulture for about 30 years, since college. However, wine is a hobby as I work full time in the medical field. I have travelled to many...

Sharmian Duke, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • This course really built on what I had learned in WSET and I’m sure it will help me with the diploma.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 2, WSET Level 3,
Congratulations to Sharmian Duke, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Sharmian: I presently work in health care but have been planning for a career change. I have always been a wine enthusiast but started studying around 4 years ago. I plan to do the WSET...

Bizhen Chen, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The FWS program is insightful and helps to broaden and solidify my knowledge.
  • Co-Founder, Hangzhou Vinoholic Trading Co., Ltd. and Wine Educator, Hangzhou Wine Family Education & Consulting Co, Ltd.
  • WSET Diploma
Congratulations to Bizhen Chen, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Bizhen: I am the co-founder of a wine trading and sales company, meanwhile I deliver lectures as a wine educator in a wine school. Undoubtedly my career is quite involved with wine industry,...

Oksana Wengryniuk, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • I feel the FWS course helped immensely with my confidence in speaking about French Wine.
  • Sommelier, Nightingale Restaurant, Vancouver
  • WSET Level 2, WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Oksana Wengryniuk, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Oksana: I work at Nightingale restaurant as a Sommelier. The restaurant has a diverse family style menu with an adventurous wine list to pair. I started working as a server, but became...

Aradhna Chhachhi, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • Now that I’m a certified French Wine Scholar, I plan to create experiences for wine enthusiasts on French Wine tasting in partnership with French wine vineyards.
  • Founder, Tannin by Aradhna
  • WSET Level 1, WSET Level 2
Congratulations to Aradhna Chhachhi, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Aradhna: I’m a wine professional & enthusiast, I grew up watching my parents enjoy wine and would be very excited to taste a bit of what that beautiful glass held, I discovered so many...

Catherine Gregg, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The FWS program deeply and widely expanded my knowledge of French wines and helped me better understand the role of wine in human history.
  • Priest, The Episcopal Diocese of Nevada
  • WSET Level 2
Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Catherine Gregg, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Catherine: I am a wine enthusiast who sees wine as a metaphor for life. It’s symbolic as well as it’s material nature provides me with a lens to ponder mysteries and be fully...

Carlos Eduardo Mazon, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The deep level of detail of the FWS program and the comprehensive way it approaches all the French wine regions are both key to generating solid knowledge of French wine.
  • Independent Wine Consultant
  • Certified Sommelier, WSET Level 2, WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Carlos Eduardo Mazon, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Carlos: I still consider myself a wine enthusiast who has been gradually moving to become a Wine Professional. I have been a Wine Collector for 15 years and which love for wine was...

Adriana Cruz, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The FWS program has given me solid knowledge for better selecting the wines and the ability and necessary skills to taste them properly.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 2
Congratulations to Adriana Cruz, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Adriana: I am an economist. I don’t work directly with wine. I am more of a wine enthusiast. I like to study wine because it is culturally enriching, I like to study the history of wine, the...

Luis Alejandro Perez, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • I’m confident that this prestigious certification will give an extra boost to my career and I expect it to add new opportunities and open new paths for my professional development.
  • Brand Ambassador, Santa Rita Estates Winery
  • WSET Level 3, Certified Sommelier
Congratulations to Luis Alejandro Perez, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Luis: I was born in Santiago de Chile and I worked in the Financial Market for 20 years.In 2001 I came to live in Brazil and I started to work in wines in 2005.I already worked as a...

David Emes, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The FWS has complemented my studies well, helping me to enrich my knowledge of French wines and to fill in some gaps I had relating to the more obscure regions in France.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 2, WSET Level 3, Certified Specialist of Wine
Congratulations to David Emes, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About David: I work full-time in private equity investments, based in Singapore, completely unrelated to wine. I have been a keen wine enthusiast for many years, going all the way back to university....

Juan Lo Bello, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The FWS has provided me with an excellent base to communicate France better, it has also enhanced vastly my own knowledge about French wines.
  • Founder, Wine Guru on Wheels
  • WSET Diploma, Certified Wine Educator
Congratulations to Juan Lo Bello, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Juan Lo Bello: My passion for wine started in Mendoza, Argentina, close to the original “Juan” (my grandfather), who introduced me to the world of wine. I continued my professional career in...

Jade Yu Han, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The weekly French Wine Scholar class was my get away night. The quality and depth of the program is unmatched.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 2, WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Jade Yu Han, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Jade: My journey into wine started when I stumbled into the wine collection room at Sotheby’s auction house while I was studying at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York Summer 2015. Deeply...

Dori Baker, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • In completing the French Wine Scholar course, I have gained a significant edge in my career. The knowledge I have gained from this course is incredibly valuable in my presentation and sampling of wines with my customers.
  • Sales Representative, Farrell Distributing Corporation
  • WEST Level 3
Congratulations to Dori Baker, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Dori: I work for a family owned, independent, beverage distribution company that services the entire state of Vermont. I live and work in the Burlington city area, which for our tiny state, is...

Emmeli Erséus, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The FWS program has been a perfect guide to help me decide which areas I want to search in....to introduce other French wine producers to the Swedish market.
  • CEO, Sour and Wine AB
  • Certified Sommelier
Congratulations to Emmeli Erséus, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Emmeli: Wine tasting has been a hobby for many years. As a member of the wine association “Munskänkarna” I’ve had the opportunity to join many different wine tastings over the years and also...

Harnil Mathur, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • It has helped me now to talk confidently on French Wines and also prepared me well for my Advanced Sommelier Exam. The quality and depth of the program is unmatched.
  • Sommelier, ITC Kohenur, The Luxury Collection Hyderabad
  • Court of Master Sommelier Introductory Certificate & Certified Sommelier
Congratulations to Harnil Mathur, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Harnil: I am a Sommelier from the Dry State (Alcohol Prohibited), Gujarat, India and currently residing at Hyderabad, Telangana.My journey for wines started in 2016, during my 2nd year of...

Tim Kenneally, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • There is a great deal of detailed information and the French Wine Scholar exam helped focus my studies on very relevant information and has increased my appreciation of French wines.
  • Regional Sales Director- Sacramento Valley North, Coastal Pacific Wines & Spirits (a Division of Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits)
  • CSW & CSS Society of Wine Educators, Certified Sommelier, WSET Level 2, WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Tim Kenneally, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Timothy: I would classify myself as both a wine enthusiast, who is fortunate enough to also work in the wine industry. I grew up in Sonoma County and had an early exposure to the wine...

David Bersier, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • I intend to work in the wine tourism industry in South-West France...the FWS program is really invaluable in this respect as the course is both broad and thorough.
  • Liverpool John Moores University, Reader in Astrophysics
  • WEST Level 2, WSET Level 3
Congratulations to David Bersier, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About David: I have always had an interest in wine. I started buying local wine (in Switzerland where I used to live) as soon as I started having some money to spend but for a long time I wasn’t...

Khem Rai, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • Studying the French Wine Scholar has allowed me to break down these complex wine regions... I just wish studying wine was as easy as drinking it!!
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 2, WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Khem Rai, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Khem: I am an avid wine drinker. I am told my first sip of wine was when I was around 4 years of age but of course I do not remember what I drank! After working for 12 years in the financial...

Diego Arrebola, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The most important of all the wine producing countries deserves that we talk and teach about it with proper authority, and the FWS certification provides me with a great deal of that.
  • Owner, EntreCopos Consulting
  • Certified Sommelier, WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Diego Arrebola, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Diego: I’ve been working with wine and beverages for 15 years now, specifically as a consultor and an educator for 8 years. Wine is day by day more and more important for a great number of...

Azra Moiz, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • Doing the FWS was really insightful because we spent time studying the regions, appellations and sub-regions in depth, and I learnt more than I ever have before about French wines.
  • Director, ASense Consulting
  • WSET Level 3
Congratualations to Azra Moiz, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Azra: Since I first discovered the most sublime white and red Burgundies almost 20 years ago, I have been fascinated by how a plain old grape could transform into something so amazing. I’ve been...