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The MW exam revisited
As our Sam Cole-Johnson and 216 others prepare for next week’s MW exams, we look back at the very first exam, set in 1953. When writing yesterday’s FT article about...
Jancis Robinson
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Wine news in 5
SCOTUS rules on tariffs, downsizing in the US and Spain's vineyard area shrinks
Plus: Ridgeview sold, Wales hikes minimum unit price for alcohol, four new MWs announced and Julian Leidy wins Top Taster award. Before I get to global news, I have congratulations...
Samantha Cole-Johnson
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'I firmly intend to pass the MW in the minimum possible term.'
– Me, Diary of an MW student –...
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Since part 7, I have completely revised my revision plans. Before the week-long seminar in Rust, I had written extensive...
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All MW students experience, at some point in their studies, the feeling that they are utterly incapable of ever passing...
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After the Transformer (for my nephew), necklace (for my girlfriend), and wine (for almost everyone else), there was one last...
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When I got divorced at the tender age of 26 (long story), I noticed to my horror a sudden spate...
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The game is afoot. This week, I and several dozen wannabe MWs congregated at the Austrian Trade Commission in London...
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Book before the end of the year if you want to get a discount on the 2010 Masters of Wine...
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At its annual reception and awards ceremony at Vintners' Hall last Wednesday evening (after a tasting of 2005 bordeaux on...
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After my last diary entry, bemoaning the financial perils of juggling self-employment, loan applications and the MW course fees, I...
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My fate is sealed. Last week came the letter that was pleased to let me know that I have been...
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The Institute of Masters of Wine has just announced that eight more masochists can now call themselves MWs, bringing the...
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The Institute of Masters of Wine has published the following outline of this year's exam papers, over which victims like...
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Are you intrigued by the Master of Wine qualification and want to know more about exactly what is involved? Or...
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Today is the day that a score or two of very hardworking wine students around the globe have been chewing...
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The Institute of Masters of Wine is holding its first Masterclass for aspiring MWs in London on 19 May 2008...
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The Institute of Masters of Wine has just announced that seven more avid (and relatively mature) students are now able...
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