Member Webinars

Members Webinars

The Wine Scholar Guild offers its active members access to its Continuing Education Program be composed of monthly thematical webinars.

Join today for $100 a year

Wine education is an ongoing journey, keep yours in motion!

Group Membership Brochure

Upcoming Webinars:

Cassis: a white wine enclave in Provence with Elizabeth Gabay MW

Wednesday, 14 August 2019 @ 12:00 noon EST

Cassis is an appellation which defies the odds. In a highly popular tourist destination, it specialises in white wines in one of the hottest regions of France. Using many old traditional varieties, producers are managing to create not only fresh drinkable wines, but are also adapting to create wines which…

The Claretes of Cigales and Ribera del Duero: historic rosés of north-eastern Spain with Elizabeth Gabay MW

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 @ 12:00 noon EST

The appellations of Cigales and Ribera de Duero on the high plateau of north central Spain, have a long history of making claretes (clairet) wines. When their appellations were created they followed different paths. Cigales chose to focus on claretes and Ribera on red wines. Now, with the modern focus…

Finding Value in Burgundy with Tim Magnus

Wednesday, 25 September 2019 @ 12:00 noon EST

Over the years I’ve had many discussions with people who insist that there’s little good value to be found in Burgundy. While I’d be the first to admit that the big names like Roumier & Rousseau are wildly overpriced, largely due to the speculation on the secondary market, I’ll never…

Ready to become a Master of Wine? A dive into the MW journey with Olivier Chapman

Wednesday, 02 October 2019 @ 12:00 noon EST

The Wine Scholar Guild welcomes the Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) for a webinar presenting an introduction to the IMW and the Masters of Wine (MW) study programme to WSG members as well as past and current WSG students.Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the most prestigious…

Great Britain – Great Wines with Stephen Skelton MW

Wednesday, 16 October 2019 @ 12:00 noon EST

Wines from Great Britain, for so long considered something of a joke by the wider wine-world, have, in the last 20 years, started to make their mark. GB’s sparkling wines have been winning national and international Gold medals and Trophies with regularity and their still wines, from a slower start,…

Wines from the Ancient World with Paul Wagner

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 @ 12:00 noon EST

Long before history began, wine was an important part of life for those living in the Garden of Eden, the Caucasus and the Fertile Crescent--the cradle of wine in the world. In this seminar, Paul Wagner will take us back to those ancient days, and connect them to what we…

Vini Macerati: The Skin-Contact White Wines of Friuli with Richard Baudains

Wednesday, 13 November 2019 @ 12:00 noon EST

Presenter: Richard Baudains Richard Baudains was born and bred on the island of Jersey, a corner of the British Isles with French origins, hence the French surname. He studied literature and trained to be a teacher of English as a foreign language to satisfy a wanderlust which eventually brought him…

Irpinia Who's Who: The Producers of Taurasi, Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo with Tom Hyland

Wednesday, 11 December 2019 @ 12:00 noon EST

The province of Irpinia represents the heart of the Campanian wine industry. On the map, this is the province of Avellino, but vintners here refer to this territory by its ancient name of Irpinia. From this land, some of Italy's most complex and longest-lived whites wines, such as Fiano di…

Clay - what it is and why it matters with Alex Maltman

Wednesday, 29 January 2020 @ 12:00 noon EST

Details coming soon Presenter: Professor Alex Maltman Alex Maltman is Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth University, in Wales, U.K., with a long and decorated career in university teaching and research. In addition, for over forty years Alex has grown vines and made wine, his scientific curiosity prompting questions…