On the Road to the WSET Diploma

One of my favourite poems is Ithaka by C.P. Cavafy. I will be citing the translation by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Ithaka By C.P. Cavafy As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never…

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WSET Receives The Queen’s Award for Enterprise

The Wine and Spirit Education Trust has been given one of the UK’s highest business awards: The Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2015 in International Trade. WSET’s chief executive, Ian Harris and WSET’s Chairman of Trustees, James Simpson MW of Pol Roger, will attend a reception at Buckingham Palace on the 14 July, 2015 along with…

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