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My Advice – How to Prepare for the CWE Exam
I first posted an advice column on “How to Study for the CWE Exam” just about a year ago, and as it has been one of my all-time most visited blog posts, I thought I would post an update. So…if you are...
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Long Time Gonna Study This!
Long time gonna study this! No…this is not the Bubbly Professor slipping up and using poor grammar…rather, it is a mnemonic device for the method I’ve been using for the past several decades to...
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Map Happy
As part of my “day” job as the Director of Education for the Society of Wine Educators, I just finished (with a lot of help) a HUGE project revising, renewing, and updating all of SWE’s wine maps....
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Misfits of Alsace
. The wines of Alsace are a bit of an enigma. They are truly French, and yet certain aspects of their style, culture, and tradition are strongly Germanic. They are the only AOC-level French wine to...
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Marselan from Marseillan
Photo of Marselan Grapes by Vbecart Photography, via Wikimedia Commons I first heard of the grape variety Marselan while studying – for the first time – the wines of China. China, as you may have...
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Whole Lotta Ancellotta
… The Ancellotta grape is native to Italy’s Emilia-Romagna area and used in small amounts in some styles of Lambrusco. When I read that, I thought to myself, “Now there’s an obscure grape variety”! As...
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Misfits of the Loire
Close-up of a window in Château de Chaumont (Chaumont-sur-Loire) A good wine student can most likely give you an excellent overview of the wines of the Loire. Perhaps it would go something like...
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Merritt, Saint George, and Long: the Island AVAs
… Mountain, valley, gorge, coast, creek, district, ridge, hills, and lake. Do these words sound familiar? If you are a student of wine, they should, as together they help form the names of hundreds of...
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Lake Garda and her Wines
The waterfront of the town of Torbole It’s the lake of dreams. Lake Garda (Lago di Garda) is the largest lake in Italy, and a popular destination for travelers searching for deep blue transparent...
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Meet the Bombinos
.. It’s hard to not perk up when you hear the word Bombino. It’s just so cute, and you’re just not sure what you just heard. Did someone just call you a bimbo? A bambino? Or, better yet, a bombshell?...
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A Little bit about the Lot
The town of Estaing on the Lot River The Lot River has its source in south-central France, in a small mountain range known as the Cévennes. The Cévennes Range is part of, and sits alongside, the...
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