WSET Diploma Dry Tasting Workshops via Zoom Join Certified Educators Andrew Shelly DipWSET and Elizma Myburgh Venter DipWSET - Weinakademiker as they guide you through the complexities of the WSET Diploma tasting exams. Format Andrew and Elizma have developed a series of exercises specifically for Diploma students, designed to hone exam tech...

The WSET Discussion - Cap Classique in South Africa We were privileged to host South Africa’s leading Cap Classique rock star winemaker, Pieter Ferreira from Graham Beck Wines to talk us through all the processes of making traditional method sparkling wines. Pieter has more than 30 years experience at the very top of his field – no-one knows more a...

  Breaking News! We are delighted to announce that we will be running WSET Level 2 in Wines as an online course over the weekend 16/17th May 2020. This course will be offered live via Zoom, the online conferencing platform, with qualified lecturers taking you through all the normal materials. As with all WSET courses, the examination must be t...

  Boutique wine estate Bouchard Finlayson is delighted to announce the creation of a new scholarship enabling a wine student in South Africa to further their education by means of a Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 3 scholarship worth R13,500. Passionate believers in wine education, Bouchard Finlayson have teamed up with Africa’s...

For the past few years, the CWG have generously organized a blind tasting of their Auction wines for a few lucky journalists (I feel I hardly qualify as a journalist these days but this is clearly one of those occasions where you just ‘lick up the honey and ask no questions’). Why is a blind tasting of these wines so important? Because this is a pa...