Tasting and Theory Excellence
For Educators, Wine Professionals, Wine Students and Wine Enthusiasts
Delivering to the UK and EU
We offer highly focused tasting and theory education. Jim is delighted to be collaborating with two other outstanding wine educators, Erica Dent of Enjoy Discovering Wine and Christine Marsiglio MW.
Find out more about how we can help you below.
Instrumental to my prize winning performance
I recently completed my WSET diploma, having studied with Jim and Erica Dent through Enjoy Discovering Wine in Hampshire. I was one of only 3 graduates worldwide to receive an overall distinction, and was this year’s winner of the Vintner’s Cup. There is no doubt that I would not have achieved these things without the amazing teaching from Jim and Erica. I don’t have the best of palates and completely misidentified several exam wines. However, Jim’s taught structure to approaching and answering blind tasting exam questions meant that I still scored at least a Merit in all tasting exams. He clearly works phenomenally hard at devising fun, interesting and challenging classroom theory teaching. Much of the learning occurred through group exercises, which were stimulating, very different from standard classroom teaching and gave context to the curriculum. He was enthusiastic, patient and supportive throughout and is incredibly passionate about wine and educating others about it. Anyone considering WSET courses should look no further than Jim when choosing where to study.
Now Delivering to the EU
Dedicated to Learning Globally
WSET Diploma alum Kate Wardall has joined our team from France and is responsible for bottling and delivery of the wines across the EU. Each EU student simply needs to
a) Book either a UK or EU set of wines with a tutorial video
b) Decide if you want to upgrade to the live course
Sample Packs
Our Wine Fairs are designed to calibrate your palate.
They will be useful for:
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Students about to take tasting exams
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Professionals who want to refresh their tasting skills
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Consumers who want the challenge of high-level blind tasting
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Head Sommeliers training their staff
They will help you to navigate the main varieties and important regions and differentiate wines that are often confused with each other.
Delivery to the UK and EU
You will receive 50ml samples in secure packaging and preserved with inert gas and last 2 months after bottling. These will be blind samples so that you can test your tasting and analysis as you watch videos of my tastings and discussions of them with Kate Wardell, a WSET educator and wine professional based in France.
Click here to watch the Spring 2023 Wine Fair which is similar in design to our sample packs.
Diploma Tasting Workshops
Perfect your examination technique for the Diploma D3/D4/D5 tasting examinations.
Calibrate your palate to the required standard using specifically chosen wines.
Teach you how to formulate distinction-level conclusions for quality, ageability, variety, country, and region.
D3 is four sessions long using 18 wines
D4 is three sessions and use 12 wines
D5 is three sessions and use 12 wines but you must source your own samples.
Delivery to the UK and EU
'self-source' price available
Diploma Theory Workshops - Online
Understand what the examiners are looking for
Perfect your exam technique
Improve your fact collection to give the best answers you possibly can
Put your knowledge into clear context and build your confidence
In collaboration with Erica Dent and Enjoy Discovering Wine
Limited availability!
Click here to watch our Q and A
MW Tasting Masterclasses
Who is it for?
MW Students of all levels who would like help with their Practical Exam skills
Anyone interested in the MW who want to learn how to taste and analyse like a Master of Wine
When is it?
Students can complete the video and offline sessions at their convenience.
Why?
Improve your exam technique to build stronger arguments, and better answers
Learn techniques to help them complete the MW Practical Exam in fewer years
Connect with other MW students in an intensive learning environment
Be exposed to a comprehensive set of wines in an analytical setting
GWA Cellar Selection Tastings
A monthly Sunday deep dive into our favourite wines from our cellar
Six wines delivered to your door and a two hour zoom session looking into the history, terroir, winemaking of these iconic regions and producers.
Join our rewards scheme to receive a loyalty discount every time you purchase a course.
Delivery to UK only