This blog began as a record of taking the WSET Diploma, during which I studied and explored wines and spirits made all around the world. Having passed the Diploma and become a WSET Certified Educator, the blog has become much more: a continual outlet for my passion for the culture of wine, spirits, and beer.
I aim to educate in an informal, enlightening, and engaging manner. As well as maintaining this blog to track my latest enthusiasms, I provide educational tastings for restaurants and for private groups. Details can be found on the website, and collaborations are welcome.
Wine is my primary interest and area of expertise and this blog aims to immerse the reader in the history of wine, to understand why wine tastes like it does, and to explore all the latest news. At the same time, beer and spirits will never be ignored.
For the drinker, whether casual or professional, today is a good time to be alive.
All tagged balkans
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 led to many changes in the countries previously under its rule. Wine had been seen as bourgeois, and therefore production had not been encourage. The various countries' wines have slowly re-emerged since the 1990s with an appreciation of traditions and styles that had been neglected. The latest episode of "The Culture of Wine" covers the Balkan States, eastern Europe, into the fringes of Asia.
