Top Exam Scorers

Brett Thurman

Hats off to Brett Thurman for passing the Champagne Master-Level Exam With Honors! Brett works as a Wine Steward and Buyer for Safeway and aspire to become more involved in consumer and trade education programs. Few words from him: ''I am deeply passionate about how geography and wine intersect,...

Jolanta Smiciene

Congratulations Jolanta Smiciene for passing the Champagne Master-Level exam with honors! Jolanta is currently a wine (and champagne) lector and consultant. She regularly provides tastings, dinners, lectures for connoisseurs and professionals. One of her main activities is training the staff of...

Jimmy Smith, FWS

Congrats to Jimmy Smith for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with the highest honors! We are thrilled to welcome Jimmy and the West London Wine School as our program provider in London, UK! A few words from Jimmy: ''I run one of the UK’s leading wine schools, twice-nominated as WSET Wine...

Sivakumar Sathiamoorthy, FWS

  • French wines to me mark the convergence between history, nature, human innovation and pure pleasure. I have no regrets taking the French Wine Scholar program!
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • Certified Specialist of Wine CSW
Congratulations to Sivakumar Sathiamoorthy who successfully passed the French Wine Scholar exam with Highest Honors. Sivakumar is a Financial Risk Manager working in the Commodity Trading/Mining sector. When he is not analyzing risk models and dealing with difficult people, he is busy acquiring...

Jose Rafael Arango, FWS

  • The FWS is one of the most complete courses in the world of French wine
  • Professor of wines and spirits at the Sergio Arboleda University (Bogota)
Congratulations to Jose Rafael Arango who successfully passed the French Wine Scholar exam with honors with The Wine School in Bogota, Colombia. Jose works as a wine & spirits journalist for weekly publications and magazines such as cocinasemana.com He is also a professor of wines and spirits at...

Deet Gilbert, FWS

  • I am excited to include some of the new information that I learned while pursuing this certification.
  • Teaching service and beverage in the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson and Wales University, Charlotte Campus.
Congrats Deet Gilbert for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with honors! Deet is teaching service and beverage in the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson and Wales University, Charlotte Campus. ‘’In addition to enjoying a nice glass of wine with dinner each night, I also enjoy learning about...