![]() ![]() I also practiced a bit with Le Nez du Vin (54 aromas Edition). Funnily enough, back in 2015, because the organizer knew I was into wine, he had me interview Greg Lambrecht, founder of Coravin on stage at La French Touch conference in New York City in 2015. A Coravin has been a great help for tasting many bottles regularly. Previously, I had graduated with Distinction from WSET Level 3 (2016), and with Distinction from WSET Level 2 (2016). For these 2 levels, I studied in Paris at Académie du Vin, with some funny blind tasting sessions with Christophe Macra MW. ![]() Daniela Frison DipWSET and Pauline Vicard DipWSET also shared with me their study notes :p Thank you all. For Tasting, I practiced regularly with a group under Nicolas Fouilleroux DipWSET in Paris, and did 2 days in London with Jim Gore DipWSET ’s Global Wine Academy. I also recommend the preparation notes from Marion Barral DipWSET. ![]() Over dinner at a tech event in January 2015, I met Michele Anderson MW, who persuaded me that I needed proper wine education and stop being a wine tourist (sic), and suggested I enrolled in the WSET courses : that’s how I started my 3 years journey studying for the WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wine and Spirits (DipWSET) in 2016-2019: I graduated with Merit from the WSET School in London in 2019, with extra help in Theory with online courses from Napa Valley Wine Academy ( Italian courses - graduated with Honours - I actually passed Diploma Unit 3 Theory with a Distinction in a question on Tuscany DOCs and DOCGs :), and Rachel von Sturmer DipWSET prep courses (Coralie Strong DipWSET also put together a nice site ! TippleTips was also recommended but I had no time to review it). “ The World of Fine Wine ” magazine has a picture of me at a 2019 Areni tasting (issue 65, page 32 - PDF ). I am now a member of a wine think tank ( Areni Global ) which assembled in Champagne in 2018, in Bordeaux in 2019, online in 2020 (COVID times…), in South Africa in 2022, and in Napa Valley (California) in 2023. Much later, as a side-effect of me celebrating my 40th birthday in Burgundy - by choice -, I was honoured to become a Chevalier de la Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin in 2012 at the Clos-Vougeot. ![]() There I recalled how I started wine classes for many years with my first teacher, Corinne Lefort, in my mid-20s. The French wine journalist Alain Marty invited me as a guest to his wine show InVino BFM back in the summer 2015 ( episode 556 ) where I discussed my career and my wine interests, with Philippe Faure-Brac (Best Sommelier in the World ASI 1992) talking about my birth year 1971. and enjoy the stimulation from all the history, geography, geology, chemistry, physics, marketing, salesmanship involved ! Such a joy to go visit a winery in rolling hills vs yet another datacenter ! My immersion into the wine world started over 25 years ago, tasting extensively and visiting wine regions around the world ( France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, USA, Chile, Germany, Austria, Greece, South Africa, Israel…) : I enjoy the many parallels with my original world of technology : passion, enthusiasm, global reach, innovation, etc. If you are interested in hiring Rodrigo for tasting seminars with your team, or to help with your cellar, please get in touch for a quote. ![]()
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