Education Episodes

Aug. 19, 2024

The Vinitaly Marathon w/ Stevie Kim, Vinitaly

As the world's most prominent Italian wine fair, Vinitaly attracts ~4,000 producers and turns the entire city of Verona into Vinitaly {. As Managing Director of Vinitaly, Stevie Kim has built a vast, international community ...

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April 13, 2023

Library Release - The Benefits of a WSET Wine Education w/ Peter Mark…

Peter tells us about the different levels of the WSET (from Level 1 to Diploma), the full costs of wine education, and the benefits.

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April 6, 2023

Library Release - The Hardest Wine Exam in the World w/ Mark de Vere…

The hardest wine exam in the world, an elite community of >400 wine professionals, and learning how to engage with wine more. All those elements describe the Institute of Masters of Wine and the Master of Wine (“MW”) exam. MW...

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March 17, 2021

The Hardest Wine Exam in the World w/ Mark de Vere MW

The hardest wine exam in the world, an elite community of >400 wine professionals, and learning how to engage with wine more. All those elements are used to describe the Institute of Masters of Wine and the Master of Wine (“MW”) exam. Mark de Vere MW te

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March 10, 2021

Building committed students of wine w/ Lisa Airey, Wine Scholar Guild

From its start as a way to build demand for French wines in the US to a global program with 100 approved program providers in 30 countries, the Wine Scholar Guild (“WSG”) is a theory-focused wine education program targeting the “committed students of wine

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Feb. 3, 2021

The Benefits of a WSET Wine Education w/ Peter Marks MW, Napa Valley …

Educating students about wine is more about the “psychic paycheck” than the monetary one for Peter Marks MW, partner and Vice President of the Napa Valley Wine Academy (“NVWA”), the leading provider of Wine & Spirit Education Trust (“WSET”) courses global

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