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The short written answer paper is where many Level 3 candidates lose the most marks, and where a distinction is won or l...
10/09/2026

The short written answer paper is where many Level 3 candidates lose the most marks, and where a distinction is won or lost.

Knowing the facts isn’t enough. You need to apply them clearly and precisely, under time pressure, across four questions worth 25 marks each.

To help with that, I’ve released my full Level 3 Piemonte study session on our YouTube channel. It’s free to watch for a limited time.

If my way of simplifying things works for you, join me live this Sunday:

Level 3 Live Study Room: Piemonte
Sunday, October 11 · 11:00 AM EDT / 5:00 PM CEST
90 minutes on Google Meet · $25

We’ll build a 25-mark answer together, step by step, and look at what examiners want to see at distinction level. You keep the tasting note, the factor template and the practice answer.

Sign-up closes tonight at 11:59 PM EDT. Links to the video and the session are in the first comment.

W**e simplified. Yes, even Level 3. Especially Level 3!

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The Live Study Room is an independent study resource by Thirsty and Wise, not affiliated with or endorsed by WSET.

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10/07/2026

Save for Level 2 exam day! 👇
📋 VIOGNIER: CHEAT SHEET

- Climate: moderate
- Aromatic variety
- Body: medium to full
- Acidity: low to medium
- Alcohol: high
- Aromas: blossom (floral) + stone fruit (peach, apricot)
- Mostly inert vessels, but unusually for an aromatic grape, some are oak-aged
- Key region: Condrieu AOC (Northern Rhône). Remember this one!

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Next up: the most important Level 2 grape varieties. Follow so you don't miss them!

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10/04/2026

Getting ready for Level 2 in W**es exam? Save this one! 👇
📋 MERLOT: CHEAT SHEET

- Climate: moderate to warm
- Body: light to full (depends on ripeness)
- Acidity: medium
- Tannins: medium
- Just ripe: red fruit (strawberry, red plum) + green bell pepper
- Riper: black fruit (blackberry, black plum)
- With age: dried fruit, to***co
- In blends with Cabernet Sauvignon: Merlot adds softness. Remember this one!

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Next up: Cheat Sheet #4. Subscribe so you don't miss it!

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10/03/2026

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10/03/2026

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We're not the best at collecting feedback, but making w**e simple, fun, approachable, and practical is what we do every day, and I'd love to know if we've made a difference for you.

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If you're studying for Level 3, you already know which paper keeps you up at night: the short written answers.It decides...
10/01/2026

If you're studying for Level 3, you already know which paper keeps you up at night: the short written answers.

It decides your result. You need 55% on it to pass, whatever your multiple-choice score. Knowing the facts isn't enough. You have to apply them. In the L3 Study Room Online, I'll show you HOW. Live, one region at a time.

📅 Sundays · 11:00 AM EDT (Miami time) · Google Meet
Oct 4: Bordeaux
Oct 11: Piemonte
Oct 18: Chile
Oct 25: Sparkling & Fortified

In every session, you build full-mark answers step by step and keep:
✔️ A 25-mark practice question with a distinction-level answer, fully explained
✔️ A factor template for the region
✔️ A dry tasting note in SAT format

$25 per session, or $75 for all four (bundle until Friday, Oct 2).
Included for Level 3 W**e Study & Support Program members. Not a member yet? Join by Oct 31 and your Study Room payment is credited back.

👇 Booking link in the comments. Sign-ups close the Friday before each session at 11:59 PM EDT.

Doesn't fit your schedule, or have a question? Comment below or send us a message. We'd like to know.

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Some people wait to be chosen. Others choose THEMSELVES.For the first time, a WSET course in Bahrain is open to everyone...
09/24/2026

Some people wait to be chosen. Others choose THEMSELVES.

For the first time, a WSET course in Bahrain is open to everyone. The world's globally recognized w**e qualification is here, and the people who join this first group will be the ones who chose to be there.

👉 Professionals: your skills and your certificate belong to you. They travel with you to every venue, every promotion, every country.
👉 Hospitality leaders: your best people want to grow. Support them, and they stay.
👉 W**e lovers: stop guessing and start understanding. Taste with confidence and explore any w**e list in the world.

📍 Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay, re/Asian restaurant, 50th floor

🍷 WSET Level 1 in W**es: Nov 15–16 · BDH 95
🍷 WSET Level 2 in W**es: Nov 17–19 · BDH 350
🍷 WSET Level 3 in W**es: Nov 20–24 · BDH 660
📝 All exams: Nov 25

⏳ Level 3 sign up deadline: October 6
⏳ Level 1 & 2 sign up deadline: November 4

Places are limited. Be part of Bahrain's Founding Class.

💬 WhatsApp: wa.me/13057622752
✉️ Email: [email protected]

Booking for your team? Message us to arrange group registration.

Delivered by W**e Way, a WSET Approved Programme Provider.

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09/23/2026

So, W**e People...

A vine needs 5 things: water, nutrients, carbon dioxide, sunlight, and heat. Through photosynthesis — happening in the chlorophyll of the leaves — the vine combines carbon dioxide from the air with water from the soil to create glucose. That glucose combines with nutrients to fuel the vine's growth and ripen its grapes, releasing oxygen as a byproduct.

Here's the part that actually matters for your exam: it's the management of heat, sunlight, and water in the vineyard that determines both the quantity and the quality of the grapes. This is one of those concepts that seems basic on the surface but underpins nearly every viticultural decision explained later in the book — canopy management, irrigation, site selection, all of it traces back to controlling these three variables.

Episode 7 of the Foundations series — 49 short videos covering the first 76 pages of the WSET Level 3 textbook: climate, viticulture, w**emaking.
New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So, follow along!

Studying for Level 3 right now? The L3 Study & Support Program builds on exactly this kind of foundation → https://thirstyandwise.com/wset_level3_study_program/

Independent study resource created by Petar Velickovic, DipWSET — not affiliated with or endorsed by WSET.

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09/21/2026

If there's one thing I tell every Level 3 student before they open the book: don't skip the first 76 pages. 📖

Climate, viticulture, w**emaking — these aren't just an intro chapter. They're the toolkit behind almost every "explain how" question on the exam, no matter which region it's actually about.

Skip ahead to the "interesting" regional chapters, and you usually end up relearning the fundamentals later — under exam pressure, when it's much harder to make them stick. Take the time here, and the rest of the book starts explaining itself.

Episode 6 of the Foundations series is up now — part of a 49-video library working through this exact foundation, one topic at a time. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Want more structure behind it? → thirstyandwise.com/wset_level3_study_program

Independent study resource created by Petar Velickovic, DipWSET — not affiliated with or endorsed by WSET.

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09/18/2026

Get 4 free Level 2 sample cards — link in bio.
Want the full set? Check the PRODUCT TAB on the video
or our shop: https://thirstyandwise.com/shop/

Gamay. Everything that matters. Under 30 seconds. Let's go!

Gamay grows well in a moderate climate and produces dry w**es that are light in body, high in acidity, low in tannin, and dominated by red fruit.

Here's the fun part — some w**es can have a very specific aroma of bubble gum, thanks to a particular w**emaking technique called carbonic maceration.

Most Gamay is light, simple, and made for early drinking. But here's what surprises people: the best Cru Beaujolais w**es can actually age in oak and develop real complexity in the bottle.

Same grape, two completely different stories. That's what makes w**e so interesting to me.

More classic grape varieties coming — subscribe so you don't miss the next one.

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