Friday, March 14, 2008

WSET Tasting Feedback

In addition to the tasting notes the diploma program demands you give to your home base school they also require that you send notes on specific wines to London. Then the Simon Cowell's of the UK wine world send you the results. For anyone not familiar with the program you get to sit and sweat it out for for 3 wks. till you get results.

It is unfortunate that I am an hour away from NYC and not able to taste with a group very often. Sure I can find people here that will taste with me but they aren't familiar with the style of notes that I have to take and don't really care! Don't you wish one of your friends asked you over to try 5 different sparkling wines? Or maybe a Burgundy or 2? Hell yeah I'll be right over!

Hopefully I will get some of this moo la back in the long run. Things are looking up in the work department with some interesting things on the horizon. So if I can pass this unit 3 I'm confident with the rest of the curriculum and won't end up drinking with Ralphie our vineyard dog because I've spent all my money on fine wine. I will admit my choice for the 5 yr old red was a Nuits St George 1er Cru Burgundy so I can't lay all the blame on the WSET.

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