Rhone

Paul Van Calster

Andrea Mcewan Rhone
  • The Master-Level Program helps gives me more ‘body’ in discussions with winemakers and clients.
  • Owner, WIJNPASSIE DENTELLES DE MONTMIRAIL VOF
  • WSET Level 3, French Wine Scholar
Congratulations to Paul Van Calster for passing the Rhône Master Level exam with highest honors! About Paul: Born 31/12/1954. My professional career : 43 years in KBC (retailbank), from Junior Clerk to Office-Director with 12 employees.Wine-enthusiast since the beginning of the 1980’s starting...

Kevin Welch, FWS

Andrea Mcewan Rhone
  • The manual is packed with information about the entire Rhône Valley, and the information is presented in an organized and concise manner.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 2, French Wine Scholar
Congratulations to Kevin Welch for passing the Rhône Master Level exam with highest honors! About Kevin: I am a surgeon and wine enthusiast who became interested in wine after sharing a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape with my (then) future father-in-law nearly 20 years ago. Since that time, I have...

Andrew Belcher

Andrea Mcewan Rhone
  • The wine tasting suggestions ... help with understanding the differences in the specific regions and also encourage you to go out and try different producers and styles of wines.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Diploma, Champagne Master Level, Bordeaux Master Level, French Wine Scholar, Italian Wine Scholar
Congratulations to Andrew Belcher for passing the Rhône Master Level exam with highest honors! About Andrew: I am a wine enthusiast. The UK being such a vibrant market from a wine perspective does provide me access to a vast array of styles and varieties from multiple countries. I regularly attend...

Sharad Desai, Rhône ML

Nathalie Sibille Rhone
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The Master Level programs are incredibly detailed and well constructed and allow me to enhance my practical tasting experience with in-depth theoretical knowledge.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Sharad Desai, for passing the Rhone Master Level exam with highest honors!About Sharad: I’m an enthusiast who discovered wine via Champagne about 20 years ago. I love cooler climate wines with relatively lower alcohol levels and have a passion for the wines of Burgundy, the...

Turgut Tokgoz

Rhone
  • The Rhone ML program highly contributed to my studies. I have a special interest in the Rhone Valley and I now feel more confident with this great region.
  • Wine professional founder of Oenotrian Wine Advisory, co-founder of the Turkish Wine Hub with Sarah Abbott MW
  • Introductory Sommelier Certificate (CMS)
Congratulations to Turgut Tokgoz for passing the Rhône Master-Level exam with highest honors ! About Turgut: "I have a career in finance and NGO relations. However my life-long passion for wine led me to study wine formally so that I could have a second career in this area. I am the founder of...

Patty Beck

Rhone
  • I found that it is a more rounded program that teaches you to think – not just memorize.
  • Sommelier in Las Vegas for almost 16 years
  • WSET Diploma, Certified Sommelier (CMS)
Congratulations to Patty Beck for passing the Rhône Master-Level exam with highest honors ! About Patty: "I have been a sommelier in Las Vegas for almost 16 years. I have run wine programs at several restaurants and casinos. I also wrote a book guiding anyone who want to learn how to run a wine...

Ceri Barlow

Rhone
  • I am currently enrolled in the Provence ML and would very much like to do them all honestly. A very good in-depth exploration of the history and the geography of the regions.
  • Sales professional in the wine industry
  • WSET Level 3, FWS
Congratulations to Ceri Barlow for passing the Rhône Master-Level with highest honors! About Ceri: "I am both a wine enthusiast and a professional. I am currently in sales but I have worked in all aspects of the business from my first wine job at Stonyridge Vineyards on Waiheke Island in NZ when I...

Nathalie Walterscheid

Celine Camus Rhone
  • I followed the ML Rhône as Inter-Rhône is planning to open a big wine center in Avignon with a wine school, so I would like to join this project at the beginning April 2017.
  • Wine Professional
  • WSET Diploma, ML Languedoc-Roussillon
Congratulations to Nathalie Walterscheid for passing the Rhône Master-Level exam with the highest honors! About Nathalie: ''I started to follow wine studies in Holland in 1998 when I stopped working as a trader. As I love food and that the Dutch people started to be intereted in wine i decided to...

Blake Cherrington

Celine Camus Rhone
  • In many respects I consider the Provence and Rhone ML programs coupled with the Wine Study Immersion Tours to be ‘capstone’ experiences taking me to the most in-depth knowledge of these two areas it is possible for me to obtain.
  • Wine Educator
  • Certified Specialist of Wine CSW, Certified Wine Educator CWE
Congratulations to Blake Cherrington for passing both the Rhone & Provence Master-Level exams with the highest honors! About Blake: ''I didn’t grow up in a wine drinking family. We had the obligatory Sherry and Port decanters on the sideboard but, being good Canadians, our usual celebratory family...

Keith Miller

Celine Camus Rhone
  • The ML programs are great because you force yourself to really double down on the finer points. The Master Level certificate is a great asset to any wine resume by adding another degree of accomplishment.
  • Sommelier from Virginia, USA
  • Certified Specialist of Wine CSW, Certified Sommelier (CMS) , FWS
Congratulations to Keith Miller, sommelier from Virginia, USA, for passing the Rhone Master-Level examination with honors! About Keith: I first discovered wine, when I was 25, and worked as a waiter at Four Seasons Hotel in Newport Beach. It began a life long passion. I am working in the wine...

Simone Madden-Grey

Celine Camus Rhone
  • The ML programme allowed me to focus more specifically on one region and delve deeper into the particulars of a single wine-producing region. The webinars were an especially helpful and enjoyable part of the course – the breadth of experience that is shared by the presenters was a definite highlight.
  • Wine Educator of WSET classes in Melbourne
  • WSET Diploma
Congratulations to Simone Madden-Grey for passing the Rhone Master-Level exam with the highest honors! About Simone: ''As Director of Happy Wine Woman, based in Melbourne, Australia, I provide a range of consulting services to private and industry clients in the areas of cellar management, buying,...