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Unlocking D3 with a Regional Review Template
A simple framework to organize, recap, and retain wine regions.
24 hrs ago • 
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The Branding Choices That Shape Women in Wine
When even the most credentialed lean on sexual innuendo, it risks making appearance — not expertise — the aspiration.
Aug 16 • 
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Italy’s Twin Norths: Power, Precision, and Place in Piemonte and the Veneto
From the fog-laced hills of Barolo to the breezy vineyards of Soave, North-West and North-East Italy show how site and soul shape wine — in radically…
Aug 15 • 
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Italy’s Twin Norths: Power, Precision, and Place in Piemonte and the Veneto
Beyond the Exam: When the Diploma Gets Real
From Centennial Mountain to Burgundy’s New Challenges
Aug 15 • 
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Beyond the Exam: When the Diploma Gets Real
Day 50: China Exam Strategy
My region-by-region exam strategy, as a fellow student walking the Diploma path. Based on recent papers (2019 onward), but always subject to WSET…
Aug 14 • 
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Day 50: China Exam Strategy
When Greatness Was Tasted, Not Marketed
The £2,500 Grange–La Chapelle blend raises a question: are we celebrating Syrah, or manufacturing prestige?
Aug 13 • 
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Day 49: New Zealand Exam Strategy
My region-by-region exam strategy, as a fellow student walking the Diploma path. Based on recent papers (2019 onward), but always subject to WSET…
Aug 13 • 
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Day 48: How I’m Approaching the D3 Tasting Questions
A reasoning-based strategy for Paper 2 (Tasting) — from one student’s blind flight
Aug 12 • 
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Day 48: How I’m Approaching the D3 Tasting Questions
Curiosity Isn’t One-Sided
From sober curious to wine curious, the real question is the same: how present are we with what’s in the glass — and why it’s there?
Aug 11 • 
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Day 47: Australia Exam Strategy
My region-by-region exam strategy, as a fellow student walking the Diploma path. Based on recent papers (2019 onward), but always subject to WSET…
Aug 11 • 
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Day 47: Australia Exam Strategy
Improving Wine, or Taxing Trust?
A Diploma Look at Sonoma’s WID Debate
Aug 10 • 
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Day 46: South Africa Exam Strategy
My region-by-region exam strategy, as a fellow student walking the Diploma path. Based on recent papers (2019 onward), but always subject to WSET…
Aug 10 • 
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