Posts Tagged ‘sasha smith’
Diploma Dispatches: Central Italy
By Sasha Smith, NYC Correspondent So it came to me on Tuesday night as I was chewing on a mouthful of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and trying to decide if I could call the tannins both “firm” and “drying”: the Diploma i...
Diploma Dispatches: Northern Italy
By Sasha Smith, NYC Correspondent OK, I admit it. I’ve been feeling a little smug lately. Maybe it was the fact that I did pretty well on my study group’s blind tasting exercise. Or that I devoted a good part of my Presiden...
Diploma Dispatches: Bordeaux
By New York City Correspondent Sasha Smith I’d been waiting for last Tuesday’s class for a long, long time. Finally, I was going to learn to love Bordeaux. Of course I’ve always appreciated it and held it in high rega...
Diploma Dispatches: My first WSET Diploma Unit 3 Class
By New York City Correspondent Sasha Smith And so it begins. I had my first Diploma Unit 3 wine class last week, and I’m already feeling overwhelmed. The Good News: I’m not the only person who isn’t in the wine business. ...
Diploma Dispatches: Sasha’s Going for the WSET Diploma
By New York City Correspondent Sasha Smith I am about to start the most demanding — and exciting — phase of attaining the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) diploma, a hardcore wine qualification that’s held by abou...
Introducing Sasha Smith, LENNDEVOURS’ New York City Correspondent
As many of you know, I have a full-time job half-way out on Long Island, which makes attending wine events in NYC nearly impossible during the week. It’s been a source of frustration on my part for some time now, but ther...
