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• The WSET / ISG Challenge Number 10: Fortified Wines
  on Jan 16, 2011
  Prized by the British as an aperitif, Sherry and Madeira are the topic for this week’s challenge. According to Emile Peynaud (shown right) in his definitive book, The Taste of Wine, fortification is: a method of preserving wine and protecting it f...
• The WSET / ISG Challenge Number Nine: Fall in Love with Burgundy
  on Jan 11, 2011
  Burgundy is one of those wine regions many people think they know, but often don’t. I remember a lengthy debate several years ago with a friend who was convinced Burgundy was a grape variety. Many casual wine drinkers still aren’t aware Beaujolai...
• The WSET / ISG Challenge Number Nine: Fall in Love with Burgundy
  on Jan 10, 2011 in ISG exam questions WSET exam questions Burgundy
  Burgundy has a long and venerable history. In fact, according to Jancis Robinson’s Oxford Companion to Wine, “when the Romans conquered Gaul in 51 BC, they probably found the Celts in habiting what is now Burgundy already growing wine, although t...
• The WSET / ISG Challenge Number Eight: Where in the World is That?
  on Jan 4, 2011 in ISG exam questions Loire wines WSET exam questions Loire Valley
  It’s attempting to snow here in Vancouver. But thinking about the Loire is a great way to warm up, and the Loire is what this week’s quiz was all about. Plus, here's a piece of trivia for you.The Loire also is reputed to have more chateaux than a...
• The WSET / ISG Challenge Number Eight: Where in the World is That?
  on Jan 3, 2011 in ISG exam questions tales of the cocktail WSET practice exam questions
  Happy New Year and welcome to the first edition of the WSET / ISG Challenge for 2011. This year is going to be a great one for tastings and exciting events in the wine industry. Here’s a teaser for one that you should mark on your calendar. The fir...
• Graffiti and Wine
  on Dec 31, 2010 in Malbecs jaz street artist pinot grigio
  What does graffiti have to do with wines? We wondered that too, but we're going to keep you guessing for a minute or two. First, there are two new wines from Argentina, both just listed at the LCB and some local stores. While this isn't normally not...
• The WSET / ISG Challenge Number 7: A Medley of Miscellany
  on Dec 28, 2010
  All things German was the theme for this week’s quiz. Naturally though, the answers might not have been as simple as they appeared. What is a Reichenstenier? A grape variety A QWPSR in Germany A village in the Rheingau...
• The WSET / ISG Challenge Number 7: A Medley of Miscellany
  on Dec 26, 2010 in ISG exam questions WSET practice exam questions
  Happy Boxing Day to all our readers. We hope you indulged in some wonderful times with friends and family yesterday, and that your celebrations included some equally wonderful vintages. This week, Frank’s chosen a couple of miscellaneous questions...
• The WSET / ISG Challenge Number Five: Argentina
  on Dec 22, 2010 in ISG exam questions argentina wines Malbecs WSET practice exam questions
  Time to grab some Malbec and find the answers to this week's practice questions.True or False: There is more Malbec planted in Argentina than anywhere else in the world. True. Although Malbec is planted in various wine regions throughout France (inc...
• The WSET / ISG Challenge Number Five: Argentina
  on Dec 21, 2010 in ISG exam questions argentina wines Malbecs WSET practice exam questions
  I’m just back from a week in Mexico where some spectacular, and astonishingly inexpensive, wines from South America were on the menu every evening. (Note to self: don’t try the Mexican Chardonnay again!) So I was delighted to see Frank had chosen...

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