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6 unusual facts about Master of Wine


Chianti

According to Master of Wine Mary Ewing-Mulligan, Chianti Classico wines from the Castellina area tend to have a very delicate aroma and flavor, Castelnuovo Berardegna wines tend to be the most ripe and richest tasting, wines from Gaiole tend to have been characterized by their structure and firm tannins while wines from the Greve area tend to have very concentrated flavours.

Jonathan Pedley

He helped re-establish the School of Wine and became a Master of Wine in 1992.

Ned Goodwin

Ned Goodwin (born 15 April 1969) is an English-born Japan-based Master of Wine.

Pat Simon

Going into business on his own account as an importer and wholesaler of wines (trading as Pat Simon Wines Ltd), by 1969 he rose to the rank of Master of Wine of the Institute of Masters of Wine and also became a frequent contributor to specialist periodicals.

Stanley Patrick Evelyn Simon (14 March 1920 – 22 May 2008), known as Pat Simon, was a veteran English Master of Wine, wine-merchant and writer on wine.

Tom Stevenson

In addition to the books authored by Stevenson, he conceived and edited the annual Wine Report, described by Jancis Robinson, MW as "the most significant entirely new wine book to emerge in 2003".


Brachetto d'Acqui

Master of Wine Mary Ewing-Mulligan describes Brachetto d'Acqui very aromatic sweet red wine that can have floral and fruit notes similar to Moscato d'Asti and Lambrusco.

Gerard Basset

Gerard Francis Claude Basset OBE, MS, MW, MBA, is the owner with his wife, Nina, of Hotel Terravina, a New Forest Hotel near Southampton in Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Serena Sutcliffe

Serena Sutcliffe, Master of Wine, (born 1945), is the head of Sotheby's international wine department, as well as a prominent writer on wine.


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