Results from my WSET Level 3 Spirits exam are in: pass with distinction.

Yeah baby! 🍸

#SpiritsEducation #Exam #Success #TimeToCelebrate #WSET

Have booked myself in to do my WSET Level 3 Spirits Award later in the year.

It's not cheap, especially as a freelancer, but L2 was totally worth the money so I'm confident I'll get a return from this one too.

Looking forward to nerding out in the classroom again.

#Spirits #WSET #SpiritsEducation #DrinksTrade

I just found out that I passed my WSET 3 sake exam with full distinction, across both theory and tasting.

I worked hard on this and really gave it my all, so I could not be happier!! Time for more sake!! 😁🍶✨

#sake #nihonshu #japanesesake #sakesommelier #wset

This #wine book was a gratefully received Christmas request: “Beyond Flavour: Wine Tasting by Structure” by Nick Jackson MW.

I’ve felt increasingly that the #WSET 3 tasting approach wasn’t meeting my experience in the glass, but given that my interest lies more on the (hi)story side, I hadn’t done anything much about it.

Until now!

The musical descriptions of acidity (crescendo, diminuendo…) warm the cockles of my heart. Not for the first time I find wine and music mirror each other.

Last night's tasting.

I don't always love Italian reds, they are sometimes too firm, and too medicinal/herbal for me. But this Barolo was pretty great. Soft, a little floral with vanilla and lush ripe cherries, mint, leather, and a hint of minerality.

#WINE
#WSET
#WSETSAT
#WSETLEVEL3
#ITALIANWINE
#BAROLO
#PINOTGRIGIO

Yesterday's tasting: Bordeaux and Rhone.

A Chablis Premier Cru, a Sancerre, a Haut-Médoc Cru Borgeois Supérieur, a Saint Emilion Grand Cru & a Châteauneuf du Pape.

These were are great wines. I tend to dislike the strong herbal notes that came through in the Haut-Médoc, but it's still a good wine. The Châteauneuf du Pape was amazing. The Chablis and the Saint Emilion were also pretty spectacular.

This is probably the best group of wines I've had for a tasting yet.

#WSET
#IWEG
#Oenophile

Week 2 of WSET level 3.

This is from a few weeks ago. Man, Tokaji is liquid magic.

#Wines
#IWEG, #WSET
#Tokaji

#introduction My name is Jen, and I'm an avid #wine student in the Washington, DC, area! Earned my #CSW in 2020, and been diving more deeply into wine connections as I work on my #CWE & #WSET. Other interests include #food #cooking #europe #music #recoveringrunner #cats

Hello...New account here.

Nice to meet you.

I am a socialist, small-L liberal, feminist with a penchant for science communication, wine and insanely long fantasy books. I appear domesticated due to my love of baking, knitting and cleaning with steam, but I'm actually quite feral.

I plan to open a wine bar in my little town someday.

And I want to live in New Orleans when I retire.

#NOLA
#Malazan
#Knitting
#Sourdough
#CriticalRole
#Livemusic
#TheCure
#WSET

#WSET2: What worked for me? What should I have done differently?

https://spainwineregions.com/wset-2/

Oh, and I had to take a 24 hour break from wine after the course. 🤢 Never fear! I feel much better now. Breaking open the bottle of red #txakoli tonight.

#wine #wset #winecourse #winestudy #winelover

It’s reds day for #WSET Level 2.

A day of drinking red wine, followed by an hour test.

Dionysus grant me strength 😂🙏 @ Napa Valley Wine Academy https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sUyaHB5Ji/?igshid=wrcltnb61zmp