WSET II: The Verdict
According to my inbox, the email arrived at 5:51AM, around the time I was finishing up my lifting and getting ready to go for a run. I had waited in […]
Category Archives: WSET
WSET II: An Aussie State of Mind
I continue to work on my wine knowledge in preparation for taking my next WSET exam. I take somewhere between one and three 50-question practice exams a day, and, for […]
WSET II: “Plugging Away At It.”
I’m going to continue to write about my WSET studies as often as possible, in part to offer information and encouragement to others pursuing their certificate, and in part to […]
WSET II: “A bit of encouragement.”
As most of you know, I’m studying to take my WSET II exam this summer. My friend and studying-companion, Zach, is confident on a level that is almost irritating. He […]
WSET II: “Never bring a knife to a gun fight.”
My father gave me that advice when I was a child. Or maybe it was Clint Eastwood. Either way, I wish I would have taken it on Sunday. I was […]
WSET II: The Journey Continues
I just returned from the cellar, where I extracted a bottle of Malbec from one of my favorite producers, curiously made from fruit grown in the Suisun Valley, and poured […]
WSET: The Level I Experience
You know how, once you submit something for publication, you sometimes tend to just forget about it, so that by the time it is released in print format you feel […]
WSET: Gearing Up
I’ve always sort of dreaded tests. As a teacher, there’s perhaps a thin layer of irony in that, but what it really does is lend me a higher level of […]
WSET: The Beginning
In college, I got a job at my favorite bar, and it didn’t take long before I could barely stand to go in there anymore. The waitresses were still great-looking, […]
itheewine 