WSA Hosts Second Annual Careers in Wine Symposium

Want to make wine your profession? Join us in Seattle on Saturday, May 10, 2008 for a daylong symposium exploring career paths and opportunities in the wine industry. Panelists, representing many of Washington's top wine professionals, will discuss their personal experiences entering and working in the wine trade, insights into where the industry is heading, and suggestions for those just beginning their careers. Check out this year's schedule and register here.

WSA Hosts 1st Annual WSET Alumni Party

In celebration of graduating our 100th WSET student, in early February we filled our house with Oregon-based WSA alumni for our first ever alumni party. The party was a great opportunity to connect students from various classes and to catch up with students we haven’t heard from in awhile. We found out that Mich Nelson just started a new job at Stoller Vineyards, that Chris Poulos has already enrolled in the Diploma Course, and that Jeffrey Lee is headed to New Mexico to make goat cheese.

Wine was – of course – not in short supply and after starting the evening with Champagne cocktails we quickly went on to sample the many wonderful wines brought by our alums. Thanks to everyone who brought wine to share. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Intermediate Certificate Student, Leo Daedalus, scores perfect 100 on IC Exam

Congratulations to Leo Daedalus who received a perfect 100 on his WSET Intermediate Certificate exam. Leo's perfect score is the first for the WSA and is a tremendous achievement.