Video: New Wine Guild Education Courses

Watch a video of our Vice Chancellor explaining our exciting new courses: Why these courses are high value yet also free: Why training is important: The benefits of apprenticeship Wine Guild Education - Hospitality training A slide deck on the training (click to view): Mail us at the address below for more information: info@wineguildeducation.org Video Read more...

Meet the Makers – Ghislain Moritz and Angela Prado of Maison Moritz Prado in Alsace

The evening opened with an introduction by Kathleen Burk, Director of the Wine Guild, who arranged the event and organized the wines. Whilst on a wine-tasting sweep in Romania several years ago, I (Kathy) visited Avincis Winery, where Ghislain was the winemaker. I liked the wines and enjoyed talking with the winemaker, and intended to Read more...

Richard Kershaw MW, winemaker and authority on vine clones

It was back in 2019 when I first met Richard Kershaw in London, at Berners Tavern where I work as Wine Director. He came to introduce his wines and philosophy. We had a beautiful tasting and a very interesting conversation about wines, vine clones and terroir. I was impressed by his thorough knowledge, I would Read more...

A ‘Burgundian’ Pinot Noir made in Germany, by Jean Stodden

The Ahr region in Germany is given its name by a small river running through this beautiful narrow valley, north of the better known Mosel.  Around 83% of production is red, with Spätburgunder (German name for Pinot Noir)  the region’s dominant grape (65%), making this the world’s most northerly wine region dedicated to red wine Read more...

The joys of Spain

This month, in his opening contribution, Award-winning Sommelier Matteo Montone goes off the beaten track in search of successful wine and food matches The joys of Spain: Two weeks ago I was in Sant Sadurní D’Anoia (capital of Cava) and had the good fortune to visit the cellars of Gramona, a family run winery, and taste Read more...