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Assessing Rum following WSET Technique

Deniece Bourne joins WSET from Palate Selections – a boutique wine import and distribution business catering to the hospitality sector in Barbados which she co-founded...

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Pivot, Adapt and Innovate: Navigating Your Career in the Wine & Spirits Industry Beyond COVID
What Beverage Pros Are Doing Differently in 2022

Ten wine and spirits professionals share the one thing they are changing in the new year.

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What Do We Mean When We Say ‘Fine Wine’?

"Whether everyone who hears the term shares those connotations is almost beside the point. As with so many aspects of wine, fineness is in the mind of the beholder."

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Do you speak wine?

‘Tasting notes have become ever more extravagant, typically including a long list of flavours’

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A Call to Action

Black Professionals Weigh In On The Industry’S Diversity Issues During Sommcon’S “Unheard Voices In Wine” Webinar

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Rising Black Voices in Wine

We conducted 53 interviews for our coverage of Rising Black Voices in Wine. This is a full list of industry professionals who contributed their experience and insight...

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Hospitality workers Get Training

The Barbados-based West Indies Rum Distillery (WIRD), producers of the internationally celebrated Plantation Rum, recently provided more than 50 hospitality professionals with the opportunity to increase their industry knowledge...

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Deniece Bourne At Her Bubbly Best

Need to know what wine to pair with fish, beef, chicken, or cheese? Unsure about a Cabernet sauvignon or a pinot noir? Well, ask Deniece Bourne, who knows all about wines...

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The Evolving Language of Wine

Is wine vocabulary too Eurocentric? 

Think about all those TV cooking shows. What is their weakest element? Surely it’s when the expert tasters try to describe what they are tasting. 

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Unheard Voices In Wine

This two-part series, featuring prominent black wine professionals, discussed issues surrounding diversity in the wine industry and how you can become an ally by creating a more diverse and inclusive environment.

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White, red and sparkling . . . Hospitality professionals to do online courses in wine