Sommelier Certificates
- 4 main accredited wine education courses:
- International Sommelier Guild (ISG)
- Court of Masters Sommeliers (CMS)
- Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW)
- Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET)
- CMS is specifically a sommelier organisation focusing in service, whereas the WSET is aimed at a broader industry professional.
- WSET is approachable to the novice
- WSET Level 3 (Advanced) = CMS Level 1.75
- CMS Level 1 and WSET Level 3 have a book, but CMS Level 2 (Certified Sommelier) does not.
- Good course in Switzerland: Académie du vin
- Great books:
- Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia by Tom Stevenson
- Kevin Zraly's Windows on the World Complete Wine Course by Kevin Zraly
- The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson
- Great Wine Made Simple by Andrea Immer Robinson
- The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding