The Rhone is one of most exciting wine region in France today! Home of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, the wines have a way of eloquence conveying the lavender and herb strewn landscape from which they are crafted. The boulangeries, patisseries and chocolatiers are world renown, in...

Founded in 2005, the Wine Scholar Guild is the leading provider of French wine study and certification programs internationally. The Guild also provides study & certification programs on the wines and wine regions of Italy and Spain. Our programs are taught online as well as in classroom around...

We are super excited about our next Member's only Quiz in which one lucky winner will take home this amazing VinGardeValise® as our prize (a $270 value)! Our quarterly quizzes are a great way to expand your knowledge while having fun! This time, the 15-question quiz will focus on the Rhône Valley....

The French Wine Socety got press this week in FranceToday.com! Follow this link to read more!

FWS educators spent the first two weeks of September enjoying harvest in Beaujolais and the Rhône! We hiked the steep inclines of Condrieu and Hermitage foraging for ripe figs and plums along the way; picked grapes in Beaujolais and watched semi-carbonic maceration in process from start to finish....

Dear Symposium Attendees and Friends, We had an amazing time at the Embassy of France in Washington DC last week and hope you did too! Thank you for all of the memories created and laughs shared! We opened 1600 bottles and each participant tasted 120+ wines from iconic producers including Grand...

Interview with Matthew Stubbs MW, instructor & guide of the upcoming Languedoc-Roussillon Wine Immersion Study Trip (June 2015) How was the 2014 vintage in Languedoc and in Roussillon ? This was the proverbial roller coaster year or as one vigneronne in Faugères put it, a "rock and roll" vintage....

Nice to be noticed! The announcement of our Membership Director was published in this month's issue of SOMM Journal. Check out the whole magazine at: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/391696

The French Wine Scholar Program (Singapore) gained endorsement by The Employment & Employability Institute (e2i)In its initial months since appointed by the Wine Scholar Guild to host and conduct French Wine Scholar (FWS) program in Singapore, WineCraft Marketing & Services, under the guidance of...

Bordeaux wine merchant, Jeffrey Davies, delivered a phenomenal FWS members-only webinar “Bordeaux: the Inside Scoop”. Exceptionally, we are making the webinar recording available for all to replay: Download Media File BONUS: Download background notes from Jeffrey Davies on most of the wines...

On Friday April 4th, Alsace Master-Level Program instructor, Thierry Meyer, presented a riveting live webinar on the winds of change blowing through Alsace. {flv width="640" height="480"}Its a Brave New World in Alsace{/flv} Alternate link to play the video Abstract: Due to winegrower pressure on...

Liz Gabay, MW, Instructor for the Provence trip, has given us a list of regional wines available in broad distribution around the globe in order to demonstrate the diversity and quality of Provence wines. If you only look at Provence and think pink…think again. Liz says that this selection will...

Thierry Meyer, an Alsace resident with an unbelievable knowledge and passion for Alsace wines, is lead instructor for our new Alsace Master-Level Program. He also leads and instructs on the Alsace Immersion Trips.PROGRAM PREVIEW - VIDEO EXCERPTS FROM THE FIRST TWO WEBINARS: VIDEO # 1: On Alsace's...

Thierry Meyer, the Parker of Alsace wines, an Alsace resident with an unbelievable knowledge and passion for Alsace wines will lead our new Alsace Master-Level Program debuting March 4th 2014. He will then lead and instruct on our first Alsace Immersion Trip taking place in June 2014.Alsace...

Starting in 2014, the Wine Scholar Guild will be acknowledging its star program provider each calendar year. The award of excellence will be based on the number of students the program provider instructs over a 12-month period, student evaluations, facilities, and the overall profile of the course...

The Wine Scholar Guild is pleased to annonced the winners of its Instructor and Program Provider of the Year Awards. Instructor of the Year is an award of excellence recognizing creative and effective classroom instruction for the French or Italian Wine Scholar study & certification programs. The...

Is Burgundy justifiably complex? (Are there really noticeable differences meriting 101 different AOCs in Burgundy?)Yes and those differences are real. The names of all the climats often go far back in history, to those monastic records which survived from the Middle Ages. They signify a pattern of...

What can you tell us about Provence as you see it?One thing I have learned over the past 30 years is that 'Provence' has a fascinating history and is definitely not one homogeneous region. Western Provence is influenced by France, the Papacy, the Rhône and the big port of Marseille. Central...