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Archive for the ‘Society of Wine Educators’ Category

June 3rd, 2008

A Nip of Sherry, a Bit of Port

The Society of Wine Educators study guide found us visiting fortified wines, an area where I really need help. As I was doing my shopping at several different stores, it became obvious I am not the only one who doesn’t drink these wines on a regular basis. It’s easy enough to find a selection of […]

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May 8th, 2008

Messing Around With Fortification

My Society of Wine Educators study group has been moving along at a medium pace. Things like sickness and baby showers have been getting in the way. But we’re about to get back on track and address winemaking for still wine and sparkling production. Then the next class will be fortified wines. The study guide […]

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April 22nd, 2008

Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?

I’ve had a couple days without focusing on wine. Saturday after work, we had an Asian themed meal with sake’ and Sunday was spent in Sacramento with Mexican fare. We even skipped stopping by Total Wine due to lack of enthusiastic reviews and my flare-up of what I found out yesterday was achilles tendonitis (I […]

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April 18th, 2008

Taking the Plunge…

….into the Society of Wine Educators. Several of us at work joined recently and have started meeting to go through the study guide for the exam to become Certified Specialists of Wine. I recently got some advice from Kori of Wine Peeps and am sure that Joe (from 1 Wine Dude), who started an SWE […]

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