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French Wine Scholar (FWS)
15th May 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 6:30 pm
$8,200.00
15, 22 & 29 MAY, 5 JUN (Thu) 2025 | 2-6:30pm | MWM Wine School
Exam: 3 July 2024
The French Wine Scholar® education program is the most advanced, comprehensive, and up-to-date French wine course available. The syllabus takes a regional approach and discusses all French wine appellations and the factors that shape their identities.
Topics:
- All French wine appellations and the factors that shape their identities
Geography, topography, climate and soils - Regional appellations, wine legislation and classifications
- Key grape varieties and wine styles
- Viticulture and winemaking
- Historical, cultural and gastronomic insights
From North to South, the FWS goes through every regions in France:
- Alsace
- Champagne
- Burgundy
- Beaujolais
- Jura
- Savoie
- Loire
- Bordeaux
- Southwest
- Languedoc-Roussillon
- Provence
- Rhône
- Corsica
This course will include 18-20 hours of classroom instruction with tutored tasting taught by approved instructor and the following:
- The full-color French Wine Scholar study manual
- 1-year access to the French Wine Scholar online study program for class preparation and review
- Registration for the French Wine Scholar exam
- Be part of student community
- Certificate and the title French Wine Scholar after passing the examination.
In order to bring each region to life, you will also taste a total of over 50 different wines over the course of the program.
Pre-requisites?
No pre-requisites, but strongly recommend that students have completed WSET Level 2 Award in Wines, Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) or Court of Master Sommelier’s Introductory Sommelier Certificate (Level 1).
Examination
- 90 minutes
- 100 multiple-choice questions
- 75% passing grade
- Students with a composite score of 85-90.5 pass with HONORS. Candidates scoring 91-100 pass with HIGHEST HONORS.
Philip Wong
Philip is an accountant turned wine specialist. The attributes of an accountant reinforce him to look for evidence in each wine he tasted that expresses its origin and reflects the underlying culture, climate, soil, winemaking practice and beyond.
His passion lies in wines from all around the world. Having attained DipWSET, Philip was also awarded the Wine Australia Prize for the Asia-Pacific region. As an MWM Wine School Educator, he has been organising tasting workshops with a focus on Australian, Canadian and Japanese wines and a speaker at numerous local and international wine fairs and events. He has his own wine blog and contributes articles to newspapers and wine magazines regularly. He is also as a wine and management consultant to various restaurants in Hong Kong.
French Wine Scholar:
The French Wine Scholar® education program is the most advanced, comprehensive, and up-to-date French wine course available. The syllabus takes a regional approach and discusses all French wine appellations and the factors that shape their identities.
The program provides committed students of wine with an unparalleled set of study tools that are designed to maximize learning and boost knowledge retention.
The French Wine Scholar study and certification program confers a post-nominal to wine professionals and enthusiasts who successfully pass the certification exam (Ex: John Smith, FWS). With a school network encompassing 30 countries on 5 continents, the FWS credential has true international recognition.
It was created by WSG Education Director, Lisa M. Airey CWE, with the support of the French Ministry of Agriculture which knighted her in recognition of the program’s exceptional level of depth, accuracy, detail, and academic rigor as well as its impact on the global wine industry.
Wine Scholar Guild:
Wine Scholar Guild is the leading provider of specialised certification programs on the wines of France, Italy and Spain with a school network of over 100 partner schools spanning 30 countries and 5 continents.
We are a pioneer in online wine education; our distance-learning platform includes hundreds of educational webinars, interactive e-learning modules, online flashcards, pronunciation exercises, and learning games.
Our community of wine professionals and committed students of wine learn from the most respected names in the industry and participate in some of the most privileged, exciting, and intellectually stimulating wine study immersion trips on the market. Our entire organisation is fully committed to our students and to their success. We help achievers achieve.
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Note:
MWM ensures all events being conducted in the highest standards of professionalism, quality and punctuality. However, due to unforeseeable circumstances, we might adjust our events to ensure they are delivered safely without severe interruption to participants’ plan. During lockdown, such measures may include changing a face to face session to online session, or rescheduling the session to after lockdown. You may refer to here about our working procedures. We look forward to your kind understanding. Thank you!