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This Saturday—May 11 at 10:00 am central time—we are pleased to offer one of our most popular webinars: A Spirited Discussion: The Insider’s Guide to the CSS Exam. This is one for the spirits crowd!! If you are interested in pursuing the Certified Specialist...

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Today we have a guest post from a frequent contributor that we know as Candi, CSW. Read on to see how Candi learned to appreciate some local small businesses that just happen to be wineries.
Small business is part of my DNA. All of my grandparents were family farmers. My father’s main business was a small electronics firm; as soon as he could, he too purchased a small farm. My brother and I each became self-employed after years of working...

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The SWE crew is just back from our first-ever “Specifically Spirits” mini-conference (held in Washington DC on April 26, 2019), and we are pleased to declare it a great success! We’d like to thank our attendees, many of whom were first-time participants...

Today we have a guest post written by Reverend Paul Bailey discussing wine, vocation, and authenticity. Read on for some excellent insight into all of the above!
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A Champagne does not, so far as I know, spend its life pining to become Madeira; even though both are superb wines.  And the people who make these wines clearly don’t get them mixed up. What they do is work with the wines in such a way that they become...