For the past 12 months, I have been hard at work bringing to life our new Producer Guide, the brainchild of our Founder and President, Julien Camus. As the project neared completion, I sat down with Julien to reflect on his motivations and vision for creating this groundbreaking initiative. -Justin Martindale MW, WSG Membership & Community Manager 

Watch Here You can watch this video in our community space here Summary In this tasting video, Justin explores the incredibly versatile world of Albariño. Quite probably Spain's greatest white grape, the way that Albariño described is often shoehorned into a narrow and limited style that really feels increasingly clichéd. Here

Watch Here You can watch this video in our community space here Summary Justin tastes one of the iconic producers in the Producer Guide, this time choosing Adega Algueira's Dolio 2019 from Ribeira Sacra. Learn why it's considered a modern classic, and the inspirational role Fernando González has played

Twenty years ago, Wine Scholar Guild began with a clear mission: to deepen the world’s understanding of France’s wines through education. It was 2005, and I was 23 years old, working as a trade attaché at the French Embassy in Washington, DC. This was a time of anti-French sentiment in the US, and French wine—something I knew to be an expression of place, people and culture—was caught in the crossfire.