Tag: Wine Scholar Guild
Afternoon Brief, July 29th
Grape Harvest Kicks Off with Early Pick in Sonoma County: Under a light marine layer, the wine grape harvest kicked off in Sonoma County early Friday morning in the Russian River Valley with a season that has started earlier than expected and should yield a smaller crop...
Wine Scholar Guild Launches WSG Studio
July 29th - Wine Scholar Guild has released WSG Studio, an extensive hub of live and streaming wine education content. Building on WSG’s experience...
Liquid Icons Announces Recipients of 4 Dom Pérignon Golden Vines® Master...
June 27th - Liquid Icons – the fine wine research and content production company founded by the late, great Gérard Basset OBE MW MS...
Afternoon Brief, October 7th
Sarasota Wine Market v. Schmitt—What’s the Fuss?: This week the U.S. Supreme Court could decide to take a first step in remaking how wine is sold at retail in the United States...
Wine Scholar Guild Relaunches Bourgogne Master-Level Program
October 7th - The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) is pleased to announce the relaunch of its Bourgogne Master-Level program, reimagined and redesigned for busy...
Afternoon Brief, August 27th
Afternoon Brief: By the end of 2021, 72.9 percent of online purchases will be made on mobile devices. Wineries already using scannable technology on their bottles, shelf talkers, or neckers are ahead in dollars, data, and consumer reach. | WIA Exclusive by Robin Shreeves...
Wine Scholar Guild Initiates the Architecture of Taste Research Project
August 27th - The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) has initiated an ambitious undertaking aimed at developing a new way to assess wine: the Architecture...
Liquid Icons Announces Recipients of 12 New Golden Vines™ Scholarships for...
7 JUNE 2021 | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Liquid Icons – the fine wine research and content production company founded by the late, great...
Afternoon Brief, May 3rd
Protestors Rally Against King Estate Winery's Employee Vaccine Mandate: Nearly a dozen protestors rallied in front of King Estate Winery in Eugene around 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. This is in response to the business requiring employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine or else they lose their job...
Wine Scholar Guild Launches Certified Sherry Wine Specialist®(CSWS) Online in Partnership with...
April 3rd - The Wine Scholar Guild is excited to announce a new collaboration with The House of Lustau. The extremely successful Certified Sherry...
The Wine Scholar Guild Announces New French Programs Director
February 22 - The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) is continuing to grow in 2021 with the addition of Vancouver-based sommelier Matthew Landry as its...
Afternoon Brief, January 12th
Constellation Brands Completes Series of Transactions to Premiumize Portfolio with Sale of Paul Masson Grande Amber Brandy to Sazerac: Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, announced today that it has closed its sale of the Paul Masson Grande Amber Brandy brand, related inventory, and interests in certain contracts to Sazerac for approximately $265 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments...
Wine Scholar Guild Announces Dedicated Team & Ambassador for Asia
January 12 - The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG), the leading provider of specialized certification programs on the wines of France, Italy and Spain, has...
Afternoon Brief, October 1
Grape and Bulk Market Activity Increases as Wineries Seek Ways to Supplement a Smaller, Smoke Plagued Vintage: The Lightning Complex, or LMU fire, came earlier this year than Sonoma and Napa had experienced in recent years, so many of the vineyards had hanging fruit. A few whites had been harvested and early ripening Pinot Noir but those harvests were in the minority...
Wine Scholar Guild Launches New Foundation-Level Programming on the Wines of...
After over a year of extensive research & writing, Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) is thrilled to announce the launch of the Italian Wine Scholar...
