aka: Global Wine Tasting Academy. I’ve failed one academic test in my life – a random Grade 9 Biology test where I consciously decided not to study. To this day,… Read More
Failure…and getting over it.
Category: WSET
WSET Diploma Part 2: D2 The Business of Wine
aka: when SWOT Analysis tried to kill me. In hindsight, I’m 100% sure that neglecting to use the SWOT analysis is what killed my dream of a distinction for the… Read More
WSET Diploma Part 3: D1 Viticulture & Viniculture
Of all the modules, this was the one that I was most looking forward to. It was the reason why I wanted to do the Diploma. I actually considered applying… Read More
WSET Diploma Part 1: Where to start?
Maybe you know, maybe you don’t… …I’m currently enrolled in the WSET Diploma course. It’s been a baptism of fire…well, mostly a lot of swearing and frustration, anger and anxiety,… Read More
How to pass WSET Level 3
If you couldn’t make it through my Level 3 pity party, here’s a more direct list of tips that helped me pass WSET Level 3. Hopefully these tips will help… Read More
How to pass WSET Level 2
My lengthy monologue on my experience with WSET Level 2 was a bit rambly. So here’s a far more concise infographic on how I passed. Hopefully you’ll find these tips… Read More
WSET Level 3: How I died and survived! Part 2
If you haven’t read the sorry tales in Part 1, do yourself a favour and just focus on the following 9 tips that our lecturer gave us. Finally the pearls… Read More
WSET Level 3: How I died and survived! Part 1
I’m sure you’ve browsed through my fun adventures doing Level 2. And if you did, you know that I never opened my certificate or revealed my pin. Why the crazy… Read More