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Years ago this month WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) was founded in London. Today the educational institute is international. More than 100,000 people in 75 countries and in 18 different languages have studied with WSET. When it was founded, none of the students were female. Today, the ratio of women and men is 50/50. WSET was an outgrowth of the Wine Trade Club which began in 1908.

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It’s in the Mail… The History of Winery Mailing Lists

Getting on a top winery’s mailing list can be harder than scoring tickets to the Super Bowl. Indeed, there are now waiting lists to get onto mailing lists. How did such coveted access begin? The quick story… Continue reading

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