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How to study the WSET Level 2 award in wines

WSET Level 2 Award in Wines in Liverpool: 3 days in city venue

Three study days

Study for the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines in  a three-day course in Liverpool.

You’ll explore the winemaking and environmental factors that impact the style and quality of wines.

And through theory and tasting over 40 wines, led by Jane Clare of One Foot in the Grapes, you’ll learn how to describe them with confidence.

Please read the terms and conditions before booking.

Three payment instalments are an option at checkout, subejct to eligibility.

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Wines from the Loire Valley: The names of the wine regions and some of the wines they’re famous for

The Wine Time feature is published in the Lancashire Post, the Blackpool Gazette and other regional newspapers in Lancashire  … here’s when my thoughts turned to wines from the Loire Valley. It’s been a over a year since we learned how to mute, to share, to wave, to leave messages via our laptop screens as

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Champagne Castelnau Brut Réserve

Raise a Glass: I discover Ramón Bilbao wine making and whizz up a daiquiri

The Raise a Glass feature is published every week …  I continue my lockdown “look backs” with this one from the beginning of June. I was thrilled to join a video chat with winemaker Sara Bañuelos from Ramón Bilbao and I also made my first raspberry daiquiri.  I’m so pleased to see June arrive, as

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gin and tonic gin reviews

Gin reviews: Here’s eight gins to pour with a clunk of ice (but not all at once)

I thoroughly enjoy the chemistry between a gin and a tonic and I bet you do too. Here’s some gins that get a tick from me. Memories of baking and pies Mrs Cuthbert’s Parma Violet Cupcake (RRP £13.99, for 50cl, Amazon) is one of a new range of baking-themed gin liqueurs. They were inspired by

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Crémant de Bourgogne Lidl Wine Tour

Lidl wine tour: My fizz choice, plus a red, white and pink from the autumn collection

Think of me as the scouting party in your wine world. The person you send in a pub or restaurant to check out the “vibe” before you decide to spend your money there or not. I went scouting around the latest Lidl Wine Tour range just ahead of the release of its autumn Wine Tour

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