South of France

Last week I attended a seminar at the International Wine Center that focused on the wine of southern France.
Make that the South of France, the new marketing push from Sopexa, the biggest food/wine marketer in France. The seminar was more than a commercial and contained information valuable to anyone studying wine, as well as a [...]

IWC website

The International Wine Center has been posting profiles of its recent diploma grads for two weeks on their website. And now it’s my turn. The lovely Stephanie McDade, communications specialist for IWC, sent me an e-mail to direct me to the site, which also has the group picture from the dinner. In the center is [...]

Diploma dinner

I had a great time at the annual Diploma dinner given by the International Wine Center on Monday night. All those who have earned diplomas are invited as well as the new graduates, of which I was one.
There was great food and we started off with Piper-Heidsick Champagne. Some congratulatory words from Ian Harris, executive [...]

Finished!

Big excitement here today. As with all the other letters from the International Wine Center, this, the final one, arrived on a Saturday. A thick envelope, which I agreed to let be a good omen. And inside was the results for my final two papers to earn the Diploma in Wine & Spirits from the [...]