Nice to be noticed! The announcement of our Membership Director was published in this month's issue of SOMM Journal. Check out the whole magazine at: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/391696

A BBC.com article discusses research from the University of California-Davis presented at this summer’s American Chemical Society meeting. UC-Davis researchers asked trained tasters to evaluate Malbec grown in different regions of California and Argentina. The findings suggested the Argentine...

The French Wine Scholar Program (Singapore) gained endorsement by The Employment & Employability Institute (e2i)In its initial months since appointed by the Wine Scholar Guild to host and conduct French Wine Scholar (FWS) program in Singapore, WineCraft Marketing & Services, under the guidance of...

La revue du vin de France (RVF) reports on an agreement dated March 19, 2014 to end China’s inquiry into anti-dumping wine trading practices by EU countries. As European wine trade and marketing is government funded, China claims that wine is sold to Asia below the cost of production (i.e....

Bordeaux wine merchant, Jeffrey Davies, delivered a phenomenal FWS members-only webinar “Bordeaux: the Inside Scoop”. Exceptionally, we are making the webinar recording available for all to replay: Download Media File BONUS: Download background notes from Jeffrey Davies on most of the wines...

On Friday April 4th, Alsace Master-Level Program instructor, Thierry Meyer, presented a riveting live webinar on the winds of change blowing through Alsace. {flv width="640" height="480"}Its a Brave New World in Alsace{/flv} Alternate link to play the video Abstract: Due to winegrower pressure on...

Liz Gabay, MW, Instructor for the Provence trip, has given us a list of regional wines available in broad distribution around the globe in order to demonstrate the diversity and quality of Provence wines. If you only look at Provence and think pink…think again. Liz says that this selection will...

Thierry Meyer, an Alsace resident with an unbelievable knowledge and passion for Alsace wines, is lead instructor for our new Alsace Master-Level Program. He also leads and instructs on the Alsace Immersion Trips.PROGRAM PREVIEW - VIDEO EXCERPTS FROM THE FIRST TWO WEBINARS: VIDEO # 1: On Alsace's...

Bourgogne Aujourd’hui has published a fascinating supplement entitled “Monks and Wine – Myth and Reality.” Highly informative and well-illustrated, the issue profiles monks who have played an important role in Burgundy’s history as well as their special connection with notable vineyards including...

Thierry Meyer, the Parker of Alsace wines, an Alsace resident with an unbelievable knowledge and passion for Alsace wines will lead our new Alsace Master-Level Program debuting March 4th 2014. He will then lead and instruct on our first Alsace Immersion Trip taking place in June 2014.Alsace...

Starting in 2014, the Wine Scholar Guild will be acknowledging its star program provider each calendar year. The award of excellence will be based on the number of students the program provider instructs over a 12-month period, student evaluations, facilities, and the overall profile of the course...

The Wine Scholar Guild is pleased to annonced the winners of its Instructor and Program Provider of the Year Awards. Instructor of the Year is an award of excellence recognizing creative and effective classroom instruction for the French or Italian Wine Scholar study & certification programs. The...

Is Burgundy justifiably complex? (Are there really noticeable differences meriting 101 different AOCs in Burgundy?)Yes and those differences are real. The names of all the climats often go far back in history, to those monastic records which survived from the Middle Ages. They signify a pattern of...

What can you tell us about Provence as you see it?One thing I have learned over the past 30 years is that 'Provence' has a fascinating history and is definitely not one homogeneous region. Western Provence is influenced by France, the Papacy, the Rhône and the big port of Marseille. Central...

Olivier Humbrecht MW (Domaine Zind Humbrecht in Alsace) on notes of "petrol" found in some Riesling bottlings... very, very interesting! (part of last week's member webinar){flv width="640" height="480"}Olivier_Humbrecht_Petrol_Notes{/flv}View the full recording of this past member webinar.

Watch this 9 minute excerpt of Roger Bohmrich's one-hour webinar on the "Climate Change & Wine – Understanding the Essentials & Imagining the Future" Download Media File To view the entire webinar recording and get access to all 50 past webinar recordings and upcoming live webinars, all you have...

Watch this couple minute excerpt of Fiona Morrison's one-hour webinar on the "Challenges and Opportunities in Making Wine in Bordeaux’s Maritime Climate" {flv width="640" height="480"}fionaexcerpt{/flv} This webinar is part of our 2012 Bordeaux Master-Level Online Study Program More information &...

{flv width="640" height="480"}Climate Change Excerpt{/flv}Live webinar coming up on Wednesday November 21st:Climate Change & Wine – Understanding the Essentials & Imagining the Future with Roger Bohmrich MWLearn More

The Wine Scholar Guild earns mention within the pages of a murder-mystery written by award-winning author J. Michael Orenduff. Yes, truth is stranger than fiction! While our Education Director was vacationing in New Mexico last summer, she picked up “The Pot Thief Who Studied Escoffier” at a...

Below are some of the testimonials and kudos we recieved from past students of our Bordeaux Master-Level programs: {virtuemart_review:9} To read reviews concerning the Rhône Master-Level program, please click here.