Another Study Guide - My Sparkling Wines Profile Table...

April 21, 2014 by JC Viens in Study Guides

Following my post in Jancis Robinson's website forum thread "WSET Diploma" in which I shared a study guide on major grape varieties, here I would like to share a guide on Sparkling Wines: http://bit.ly/1qdYYQH (pdf document in dropbox folder).

it is a unique table now its 2nd edition. it lists the major sparkling wine styles found around the world. for each, it describes typical grapes, structure, production methods & dosage.

My Grape Profile Table, Fully Revised & Updated!

March 21, 2014 by JC Viens in Study Guides

An invaluable tasting assistant...you can download the latest PDF here from my dropbox folder.

At the BBR Portfolio tasting earlier this week, I felt very happy when Vincent, a student of WSET L4 I had not previously met, approached me to say that this table helped him tremendously with his unit 3 exam - aka "the big one"...

In his honor, I release here the latest version. It is a unique table of its kind and now its 4th edition.

Fortified Wines Profile Table

July 28, 2011 by JC Viens in Study Guides

During our tasting of various sherries last week, it became clear quite quickly that knowledge of other fortified wines would be necessary to identify them promptly in a blind tasting. And so, I created a profile table for fortified wines to help me study. Download file