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Sweet Wine Becomes a Bridge to Dry

July 18, 2024 deborahparkerwong Education, sensory, SOMM Journal, Sweet, Wine Tasting, WSET

Let’s introduce novice wine consumers to the sweet wines of the world first and bridge them to dry styles made from the same grape varieties.

Italian Wine Podcast: Get US Market Ready talks with Deborah Parker Wong

July 26, 2021 deborahparkerwong Italy, Slow Wine Guide USA, SOMM Journal, Wine, WSET

Get US Market Ready host Steve Raye talks with Slow Wine Guide USA National Editor Deborah Parker Wong about her journey and work as an educator, journalist and much more. The 2021 Slow Wine Guide USA is available on Amazon.com.

Highlights from WSET Wine Education Week

October 14, 2019 deborahparkerwong Education, Uncategorized, Wine, WSET

The SOMM Journal’s Global Wine Editor, Deborah Parker Wong, DWSET (’09), recently hosted three professional mixers marking the 50th anniversary of the London-based Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET).

Parker Wong teamed up with three Sonoma wineries—Balletto
Vineyards, Sangiacomo Wines, and McEvoy Ranch—in welcoming WSET
alumni and students as well as members of the trade to taste and network
during Wine Education Week, held September 9–15. Three lucky attendees were awarded access to a Level 2 online certification course.

Thinking in Smell

August 20, 2019 deborahparkerwong sensory, sensory science, WSET

Of the five senses, smell in Western culture has gotten a bad rap. In the English language there are fewer positive equivalents for the sense of smell than there are for the other four senses. You might sniff out a deal or smell a rat but the terms for nose in our vocabulary particularly as they relate to wine are more often than not derogatory (snobby, snooty, snotty, etc.).

WSET 50th Anniversary Week: Professional Development Mixer at Balletto Vineyards

January 16, 2019 deborahparkerwong Sonoma, WSET

Save the date. On September 9th WSET alumni and anyone interested in learning more about WSET certification courses are invited to join Deborah Parker Wong, DWSET and host John Balletto for a professional mixer celebrating WSET’s 50th anniversary at Balletto Vineyards.