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...
August 27th – The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) has initiated an ambitious undertaking aimed at developing a new way to assess wine: the Architecture of Taste Research Project (ATRP)
The Architecture...
7 JUNE 2021 | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Liquid Icons – the fine wine research and content production company founded by the late, great Gerard Basset OBE MW MS and his friend Lewis Chester DipWSET...
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...
April 3rd – The Wine Scholar Guild is excited to announce a new collaboration with The House of Lustau. The extremely successful Certified Sherry Wine Specialist® (CSWS) certification program will...
Matthew Landry
February 22 – The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) is continuing to grow in 2021 with the addition of Vancouver-based sommelier Matthew Landry as its French Programs Director.
This marks...
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...
January 12 – The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG), the leading provider of specialized certification programs on the wines of France, Italy and Spain, has appointed a dedicated Ambassador and team to support...
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...
After over a year of extensive research & writing, Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) is thrilled to announce the launch of the Italian Wine Scholar Prep (IWS Prep) course on November 2, 2020.
IWS Prep is a...
ABC Agents Will Be Out Labor Day Weekend: The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) today announced it will have agents out working to keep the public safe through enforcement of alcoholic...
The Wine Scholar™ Challenge: A Global Competition Celebrating WSG’s 15th Anniversary & the Wine Scholar™ Fab 15: A Power Tasting of the Best of France, Italy, and Spain
Over the course of 15 years,...
The Wine Scholar Guild, an international study and certification organization focusing on the wines of France, Italy and Spain, has expanded its offerings to include three new dynamic educational series...
Each year, Wine Scholar Guild honors outstanding professional accomplishment by giving awards to the best program providers and instructors for the French Wine Scholar™ and Italian Wine Scholar™ programs....
The Wine Scholar Guild (WSG) officially launched its Spanish Wine Scholar™ (SWS) study & certification program on October 14th 2019.
Designed to become the reference in Spanish wine education, the...
SEATTLE — Seattle-based Cellar Muse is among the world’s first wine schools to launch the Wine Scholar Guild’s new Spanish Wine Scholar certification program for in-class learning and testing.
Launching...
