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🍷 The Wine & Spirit Education Trust Level 2 course is suitable for beginners to intermediates. 🍇 It provides a thorough introduction to the main styles of wine and the principal and regionally important grape varieties of the world. 🥂I really enjoyed it. Thinking about it? Here's what you need to know (spoiler: you get to sample 43 wines).

A catchy song can be a way you memorize specific information for your upcoming sommelier examination. 🎶 Advanced Sommelier, Angela Demmel, finds associating information to a song really helps! Have you used this memorization technique before? https://lnkd.in/ee8ycmdk

Have you found a way to study for your theory examination that sticks? 📌 Petrus Coenders, Advanced Sommelier, needs context to study so he creates a story to help him prep for the Theory Examination. https://lnkd.in/eyupBH_6

Certified Sommelier Exam: Key Practical Service Tips." This comprehensive guide contains essential advice to help you navigate every exam section. https://lnkd.in/dhKuCmyn

OK, LET’S BE HONEST HERE… I am closing Week 2 of my Diploma 4 in Wines and I feel overwhelmed by the level of detailed information I will have to learn 😳 I passed quite easily level 3 of the WSET thanks to the background education I had from working 16+ years in the wine industry, but hey… …Diploma 4 si something different 📚🍷 These days I feel like I am recovering from the initial shock, as I learned how much efforts I will have to put in this journey, if I want to try and pass the exams without having to re-sit. Well, an exam re-sit is also ok, and highly probable 😅 but the goal I am visualizing is to pass all of them at the first time! Now that I have consciousness about how many study hours I will have to put int this, I am starting to manage my agenda differently, focusing at least two hours a day into it, without any social media notification or ‘emergency’ tasks. A catch up day to cover any left over study if life gets in the way, I think will be very useful as well 🤷♀️ ➡ WSET School London fellow students, what are your feelings? ➡ How are you dealing with such an amount of tasks are we assigned to complete by the end of every week? #wine #tuscany #winebusiness —— 🍷 I am Claudia, WSET Lev. 3 certified wine professional. If you want to discover the best wines to impress your friends at dinner, 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄! 👇  www.callegari.wine

🆙🍷 Looking to elevate your career in the wine industry? The WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines is an absolute game-changer! This blog post debunks five common misconceptions about the diploma, highlighting its value and the career benefits it offers. From advanced knowledge to enhanced professional credibility, investing in your wine education can open doors to exciting opportunities. 🚀🍇

It’s not just all wine tasting you know. 🤣🍷 Outside of being involved in 4 businesses, a lot of my “spare” time is spent revising more locations, vineyards, terroirs so that I can better specialise on events for clients and widen everyone’s knowledge. Most of my job when I host an event is wine education. From the person who has no prior knowledge of wine or maybe are just starting our exploring wine to those who are regular drinkers, collectors or wine industry professionals. Constant learning is certainly needed and true of the drinks industry and therefore I’m no different. With meetings this week including a bar looking for advice on drinks to stock and a potential wine list creation, to an early run through of our latest innovation - The Sheffield Table to a soon to be announced sponsorship of a football team. Plenty to get my teeth into this week. How is yours mapping out? #keeplearning #constantevaluation #forwardprojections #forwardthought #constantlyimprove #businessevaluations

Overcoming Wine Course Inertia on the Journey to Sommelier Confidence         In my line of work as wine and spirits educator I speak with hundreds of people every year who tell me of their interest in taking a professional wine course.  Some are interested in a career as a sommelier or wine retailer, while others simply want to have the skills of a sommelier to better understand and enjoy wine. Most of those people, however, never take the next step and enroll.  I think I understand the reasons for this inertia. What most people mean by a “professional wine course” is a class with a little more depth than the fun wine tasting they did as a purely social event.  The options for these types of courses continue to proliferate and understanding the array of offerings can be difficult.  Many people are nervous about the “professional tasting” element of a course.  It seems difficult and they don’t want to put themselves out there and look dumb.  Other folks just don’t want the pressure of what they think will be a rigorous exam.  The rumor on the street is only a small handful of people ever pass.  I want to debunk these fearful impressions – at least when it comes to Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) beginner level courses.  The go to course that I will use is the WSET Level 2 Certificate in Wine.  This is a beginner course and usually the perfect place for someone to start to build their wine skills and knowledge. Unlike many of the myriad courses that are available, WSET Level 2 is a global program.  Meaning the same course is delivered around the world in over 800 locations.  This means that if you travel to wineries in any major country the staff there will have heard of WSET and respect your knowledge and the influence you may have on other people’s wine decisions.  The access to ideas, people and of course exclusive tastings is unmatched by any other beginner program. Despite the “Level 2” name WSET’s course is a beginner program that assumes you have no going in knowledge.  It is expected that you may not know how to professionally taste or may confuse Bordeaux with Burgundy.  That means looking dumb is almost impossible, and in the rare cases where it happens the attitude in the class is warm, encouraging and everyone laughs with you, not at you. The WSET Level 2 exam is only 50 multiple choice questions – and you just need 55% of them correct to pass.  Sure, you do need to spend time reading and reviewing the class textbook, but the pressure is low, and the text is short, to the point and layered with charts and pictures.  There is no blind tasting on the exam at all! So, if you have ever thought about taking the step of enrolling in a professional wine class let me urge you to try WSET Level 2.  It will be fun, informative and build your confidence as you develop sommelier-level expertise!  To see the next Level 2 courses we are offering go to https://lnkd.in/eP88JrGj

Transforming industry expertise into classroom excellence. 🍷✨ Today's practical session focused on wine classifications and advanced wine service techniques. Sharing essential skills of wine selection, proper serving etiquette has been the highlight of the session. Bridging the gap between industry standards and academic learning to shape the future leaders of hospitality. #WineService #HospitalityEducation #IndustryExpertise #FutureHoteliers #patkarhospitality

A study/tasting group is an invaluable resource for preparing and passing exams.