2023
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Cover to Cover
My first jobs in the restaurant industry were behind the bar and I really enjoyed exploring the variety of liquor and liqueurs available. I love the creative side of cocktail bartending, combining ingredients to showcase unique flavour profiles or being inspired by other foods, flavours or aromas and trying to recreate them.
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Sign Up Early and Save
To help you achieve your 2024 goals, IWEG is offering a special promotion of early bird rates for the first 50 new registrants for 2024 WSET and Wine Scholar Guild courses!
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Building on the Best
IWEG’s newest WSET Level 4 Diploma students began their diploma studies with a weekend in Niagara wine country learning about viticulture and winemaking. The day was filled with tours and tastings.
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Kickstart Your Career
Gain knowledge of the principal and regionally important grape varieties of the world, the regions in which they are grown and the styles of wine they produce.
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Fancy Sips
IWEG partner Vinequity is holding a town hall on September 27th at 7pm to reflect on their past year’s accomplishments, financials, discuss their ongoing initiatives, and share their vision for the future. It’s an opportunity for all to come together, and hear from dedicated volunteers, program enrolees, and a few of their generous partners.
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How to Become a Wine Expert
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) is the largest and most recognized organization providing formal education in wines (sake and spirits) for professionals and enthusiasts. WSET programs focus on developing systematic tasting skills and product knowledge of the significant wines and wine producing regions of the world. The skills learnt through WSET programs can be applied to understand and evaluate all wines, regardless of region. For this reason, many sommeliers choose to study for WSET qualifications to gain their product knowledge, opting to develop their service skills on the job. Learn more.
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Become a Wines of Portugal Ambassador
This ViniPortugal course covers fundamental knowledge about Portuguese wine. Explore the history, taste a variety of wine styles, and develop your knowledge of the native grape varietals of this great winemaking region.
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Discover a World of Knowledge
National Chianti Day on September 8th is a celebration dedicated to the renowned Italian wine, Chianti. Chianti is a red wine that originates from the Chianti region in Tuscany, Italy. This day is an opportunity for wine enthusiasts, both in Italy and around the world, to come together and appreciate the rich history, distinctive flavors, and cultural significance of Chianti wine.
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It’s Back to School with IWEG
Become a Wines of Portugal Ambassador! This ViniPortugal course covers fundamental knowledge about Portuguese wine. Explore the history, taste a variety of wine styles, and develop your knowledge of the native grape varietals of this great winemaking region.
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Congratulations to Our New WSET Level 4 Diploma Graduates
IWEG is extremely proud of our graduates, who showed great resilience and persistence to keep studying the WSET Diploma program, despite all the challenges and disruptions in recent years to the learning environment due to Covid-19. We salute their dedication and hard work. The Diploma is a game changer in terms of career and personal development and we sincerely believe our graduates’ newly minted Diploma credentials will give them a valuable competitive advantage in the wine and hospitality industries.