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Christian Raubach, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The FWS program rounded out my knowledge across the entire country whereas before I was mainly familiar with the larger regions only such as Bordeaux and Burgundy.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Christian Raubach, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar program with highest honors! About Christian: I am a Swiss wine enthusiast, currently residing in Singapore, with 30 years of tasting and collecting experience, I explore many regions but in my 5000+ bottle wine...

Hyun Jae Woo, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • I believe that the FWS course has played a key role in elevating my professional knowledge, and it has also greatly influenced my future career planning.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Hyun Jae Woo, FWS, for achieving highest honors in the French Wine Scholar exam with WSA Wine Academy, Seoul. About Hyun Jae Woo: Since I started enjoying wine properly a few years ago, I have encountered various French wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Rhone by AOCs. I also...

Bret Lowry, IWS

Andrea Mcewan IWS
  • Thanks to the IWS program, I am now able to speak about Italian wines, regions, appellations, varieties and more with a heightened degree of confidence.
  • Sales Associate & Vineyard Operations Assistant, White Pine Winery
  • WSET Levels 1 & 2
Congratulations to Bret Lowry, IWS, for passing the Italian Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Bret: I am a wine enthusiast who turned my passion into my profession. My burgeoning interest in wine prompted me to seek educational opportunities by which to expand my wine knowledge and to...

Max Branco Rossmark Schramm, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • French Wine certainly is one of the hardest to understand...so, the FWS program really helped me get better at French Wine.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 3
Congratualations to Max Branco Rossmark Schramm, FWS, for achieving highest honors in the French Wine Scholar exam with Eno Cultura. About Max: I am an alcoholic beverage enthusiast, but wine has really become a passion. My brother and I are starting a business in the field. We intend to hold...

Thomas Branco Rossmark Schramm, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The focus the program gives on soils, climates, etc., helped understand better the influence terroir has on wine.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Thomas Branco Rossmark Schramm, FWS, for achieving highest honors in the French Wine Scholar exam with Eno Cultura! About Thomas: I am a wine enthusiast. I have always found wine interesting, since my parents drank it daily. From a young age I did a few courses, but nothing...

Robert Galbraith, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • France is to the wine world the same as Brazil is to football. France is absolutely basic to any ambition in solid learning about wine.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Levels 1, 2 & 3
Congratulations to Robert Galbraith, FWS, for achieving highest honors in the French Wine Scholar exam with Eno Cultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil. About Robert: I am a journalist specialized in business, advertising, marketing, gaming and sports in general. After a 17-year career in newsrooms in Brazil,...

Mark Kroninger, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The FWS program really helped me refine my knowledge and understanding of French wine, in a way that built upon my WSET studies, but was much more granular in nature.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Levels 2 & 3
Congratulations to Mark Kroninger, FWS, for achieving highest honors in the French Wine Scholar exam with Commonwealth Wine School, Cambridge MA. About Mark: I am not currently in the wine industry, I have always been in the media marketing and advertising sales fields. But I am a wine enthusiast...

Gabriel Lucas, SWS

Andrea Mcewan SWS
  • I enrolled to this course to refresh Spanish theory, to do the competition of Best Sommelier of Spain, and it worked !! I won...
  • Technical Sommelier & Sales Manager, MartinS
  • WSET Levels 2 & 3, Introductory Sommelier Certificate, Certified Sommelier
Congratulations to Gabriel Lucas for passing the Spanish Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Gabriel: In 2014 I started Sommelier studies & I am still learning!! I have been a Sommelier for Michelin Star restaurants for the past 6 years, and now I am working importing International wines...

Bart Crols, SWS

Andrea Mcewan SWS
  • SWS was a true discovery journey not just of Spanish wine, but equally of Spanish geography and history.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • French Wine Scholar, WSET Level 3
Congratulations to Bart Crols, SWS, for passing the Spanish Wine Scholar with highest honors! About Bart: I only got the wine “virus” when I met my wife. My late father-in-law had a real interest in wine and several books, a.o. Hugh Johnson’s World Atlas of Wine. As I learned to appreciate the...

Chang Lu, SWS

Andrea Mcewan SWS
  • I am proud to be a promoter of Spanish wines in China and I am very grateful to the Wine Scholar Guild for giving me the opportunity to learn more... about Spanish wines.
  • Event & Social Media Organizer, European Quality Wines
Congratulations to Chang Lu, SWS, for passing the Spanish Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Chang Lu: I graduated from La Rioja University, which is a well-known wine Institute in Spain. During my six years in Spain, I visited more than 50 wineries; I was also an intern at Bodega...

Xi Xi, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • FWS gives me a broader exposure to the wines of more obscure regions such as Corsica, Jura and Savoie, which I hope to travel to once the world reopens.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • Spanish Wine Scholar, WSET Diploma
Congratulations to Xi Xi, FWS, for achieving highest honors in the French Wine Scholar exam with AWSEC, Hong Kong! About Xi Xi: I started to drink fine wine when I moved to Asia. Since then, I have been lucky enough to visit many of my favorite regions in France, Italy and Spain. In the future, I...

Stefan Ng, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • FWS has allowed me to better appreciate French wines and kindled my interest to learn more about other wine producing regions.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Level 3, CSW (Society of Wine Educators), Introductory Sommelier Certificate
Congratulations to Stefan Ng, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Stefan: I am a wine enthusiast who has enjoyed drinking and learning about wines from around the world for the longest time. The world of wines has allowed me to understand more about the...

Jenny Polack, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The French Wine Scholar course has updated and deepened my knowledge brilliantly, preparing me to be able to teach more about French wines.
  • Director and Wine Educator, Bacchus Enterprises
  • WSET Levels 1, 2 & 3
Congratulations to Jenny Polack, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Jenny: Falling into the wine industry over 30 years ago, after leaving a music education course, I began with no wine knowledge at all. It has been an amazing learning journey.Although...

Carol Morris, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The FWS course was very challenging; however, I absolutely enjoyed immersing myself in the details, intricacies and complexities of the french wine regions.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • WSET Levels 1, 2 & 3
Congratulations to Carol Morris, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Carol: I am definitely a wine enthusiast! It started when I attended culinary school in New York City back in 1992. As part of the culinary program, there was a six-week course on wines of the...

Bruce Neidle, IWS

Andrea Mcewan IWS
  • The IWS program offered me an incredible perspective and appreciation for the variety of native grapes, styles of wine and history of each Italian wine growing region.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • CSW (Society of Wine Educators)
Congratulations to Bruce Neidle, IWS, for passing the Italian Wine Scholar program with highest honors! About Bruce: I am a wine enthusiast fulfilling a long term aim to expand my knowledge of wine.I completed the Society of Wine Educators’ Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) program recently which...

Kyung Hwan Kim, SWS

Andrea Mcewan SWS
  • I got four certificiations in 2021...It was so strenuous and exhausting but I learned so much.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • French Wine Scholar, Italian Wine Scholar, WSET Levels 2 & 3
Congratulations to Kyung Hwan Kim, SWS, for achieving highest honors in the Spanish Wine Scholar exam with WSA Wine Academy, Seoul. About Kyung Hwan Kim: I am a cardiac surgeon. Currently I am in Seoul National University Hospital as a chairman and professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery...

Nakorn Jandrakholiga, SWS

Andrea Mcewan SWS
  • The SWS program opened a novel and innovative world of various distinctive, unique & characteristic wine districts that I never experienced in the past.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • French Wine Scholar, Bourgogne Master Level, WSET Levels 1 & 2
Congratulations to Nakorn Jandrakholiga, SWS, for passing the Spanish Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Nakorn: I am fascinated and obsess on food and besides I am a wine lover. My passion with wine started since I am always the person who loves to explore and test many kinds of food,...

Peter Lee, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • I choose FWS certainly because of its specialty, depth and uniqueness...I love the way WSG provides all the clearly explained learning materials.
  • Bartender, Carbon HK
  • WSET Level 3, CSW (Society of Wine Educators)
Congratulations to Peter Lee, FWS, for achieving highest honors in the French Wine Scholar exam with AWSEC. About Peter: I wouldn't claim to be a wine professional at the moment as that's still a long run to go, wines are always here to surprise us with its unique style, new winemaking techniques...

Darla Schumacher, FWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • The knowledge gleaned from the FWS materials has greatly advanced my passion for wine and of sharing my wine passion with other enthusiasts.
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • CSW (Society of Wine Educators)
Congratulations to Darla Schumacher, FWS, for passing the French Wine Scholar exam with highest honors! About Darla: I am a wine enthusiast who only started enjoying wine when in my late 50’s. When traveling through Spain with a friend, we stopped in Rioja region for some tasting. I was surprised...

Robert Quinn, FWS, SWS

Andrea Mcewan FWS
  • My cellar is much more diverse and every night’s glass is an adventure. Clearly, wine is a discipline that warrants a lifetime of study.
  • Owner, Playground Restaurant & Detention restaurants in Downtown Santa Ana
  • WSET Level 2, Introductory Sommelier Certificate
Congratulations to Robert Quinn, FWS, SWS for passing both the French and Spanish Wine Scholar exams with highest honors! About Robert: I have been a wine enthusiast since I took a job as a busboy in a family owned French restaurant in 1975. The owner took me under his wing and taught me to love...