Wine Scholar Guild is excited to announce the list of top exam scorers for 2019!
For the first time, top-scorers for French Wine Scholar™, Italian Wine Scholar™ and Spanish Wine Scholar™ programs were also eligible to receive a gift from WSG Friends & Partners. Ties were broken with an essay contest.
Award for 2019 French Wine ScholarTM top-scorer
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Adrian HOWICK 100 points |
Bruno FERRARI-DIAZ 100 points |
Cong HUANG 100 points |
Flora LEUNG 100 points |
Juan LO BELLO 100 points |
Congratulations to Bruno Ferrari-Diaz on winning the first Decanter Premium Award for 2019 French Wine Scholar top-scorer!
Decanter will be gifting Bruno with an annual subscription to Decanter Premium as well as two tickets to a 2020 Fine Wine Encounters of his choice.
Award for 2019 Italian Wine ScholarTM top-scorer
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Janet RIEDLINGER 99.5 points |
Luis ANTONIA-SILVA 99.5 points |
Winnie LAM 99.5 points |
Congratulations to Luis Antonia-Silva on winning the first Riedel Award for 2019 Italian Wine Scholar top-scorer!
Riedel will be gifting Luis with a Riedel Performance Tasting Set which is comprised of 4 different stemware pieces (Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay).
Award for 2019 Spanish Wine ScholarTM top-scorer
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Lyndall HARRISON 99 points |
Congratulations to Lyndall Harrison on winning the first Coravin Award for 2019 Spanish Wine Scholar top-scorer!
Coravin will be gifting Lyndall with the Coravin Wine Professional Superior Bundle, which includes the Coravin wine preservation system, 8 Coravin pure capsules, a Coravin Aerator, 6 Coravin screw caps and a Coravin 3 needles kit.
WSG Alumni of the Year 2019
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Nancy REYNOLDS Instructor at |
Nancy has passed ALL programs currently offered by the Wine Scholar Guild! This is an impressive accomplishment on its own, but her scholarship merits special mention. She completed every course with honors or highest honors!
- French Wine Scholar™**
- Italian Wine Scholar™**
- Spanish Wine Scholar™**
- Alsace Master-Level*
- Bordeaux Master-Level**
- Bourgogne Master-Level**
- Champagne Master-Level**
- Rhône Master-Level**
- Provence Master-Level**
- Loire Master-Level**
*honors, **highest honors
Check out our Alumni page and our next sessions
Special congratulations to our top scorers for Master-Level programs:
- Bordeaux Master-Level: Bruce Smoller, FWS, IWS - 96 pts
- Bourgogne Master-Level: Keith Coulter - 97 pts
- Champagne Master-Level: Jane Owen - 94 pts
- Rhône Master-Level: Andrew Belcher, FWS, IWS - 99 pts
- Provence Master-Level: Mike Dutch, FWS, IWS - 93 pts
- Alsace Master-Level: Richard Milot, FWS - 97 pts
- Loire Master-Level: Erika Frey - 98 pts
Bravo!
Learn more about our recent high scorers from around the world and browse their testimonials.