Love your comment about wine being about joy and pleasure! I did WSET 3 a couple of years ago and the tutor didn’t make it about either - I left, disgusted, and went somewhere that was all about joy and pleasure and passed with flying colours!
That's a shame. WSET is very focused on transmitting knowledge to the trade and to that end it's pretty good and like doing your driving test. It's not a course I would always recommend to non-wine people, though I did my Lvl 3 with people not in the trade and we had a great time. More my course mates than the teachers perhaps
Thanks. I am just beginning my own foray into wine (having been a teetotaler almost all of my life). Sometimes it feels a little overwhelming, but the more I learn, the better experience I have.
I'm reminded of taking a hike and hearing birds. If you never observe the bird, research the bird, then it will be just "birds." But when you do a little research, buy a feeder and observe, soon enough, you'll know the bird simply by the call. The cacophony will become meaningful.
Wine is still a cacophony for me, but as I learn, I'm making progress little by little. Thanks for the advice in this post!
Love your comment about wine being about joy and pleasure! I did WSET 3 a couple of years ago and the tutor didn’t make it about either - I left, disgusted, and went somewhere that was all about joy and pleasure and passed with flying colours!
That's a shame. WSET is very focused on transmitting knowledge to the trade and to that end it's pretty good and like doing your driving test. It's not a course I would always recommend to non-wine people, though I did my Lvl 3 with people not in the trade and we had a great time. More my course mates than the teachers perhaps
Thanks. I am just beginning my own foray into wine (having been a teetotaler almost all of my life). Sometimes it feels a little overwhelming, but the more I learn, the better experience I have.
I'm reminded of taking a hike and hearing birds. If you never observe the bird, research the bird, then it will be just "birds." But when you do a little research, buy a feeder and observe, soon enough, you'll know the bird simply by the call. The cacophony will become meaningful.
Wine is still a cacophony for me, but as I learn, I'm making progress little by little. Thanks for the advice in this post!