Category: WSET Level 4 Wine

A vineyard can have plenty of leaves and still struggle to ripen its grapes. The problem may be where those leaves sit. A dense outer layer interc

A dormant vineyard looks like a collection of sticks until someone starts choosing which sticks stay. Those choices establish where next season's

The most expensive vineyard mistake may happen before the first vine reaches the ground. A grower chooses a fashionable variety, orders the plants

A grapevine with red leaves might be carrying a virus. It might also have a nutritional problem or another source of stress. Vineyard pests and di

A vineyard can lose fruit in an hour and spend years repairing the consequences. Yet the same weather event does not produce the same damage every

Rain falls across a vineyard, yet some vines soon struggle for water while others stand above saturated roots. The rainfall total is the same. The

Two vineyards can share a region and a grape variety yet offer very different ripening conditions. One faces the afternoon sun above a sheltered v

An early spring can look like a gift to a vineyard. Buds open, shoots grow and the season appears to gain a head start. Then a frost arrives. The

A grapevine can lose most of its visible growth in winter pruning and return with a crop the following summer. What survives, and where does the n

Why can two wines made from the same grape taste so different, and sit several shelves apart in price? The WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines turns tha