2026 Master of Wine Exam Paper 1
I have probably explained this in the past, but to anyone that is reading this blog for the first time, here's the game. The exam has two parts, tasting and theory. Theory is a bunch of essays across five topic areas where you have about an hour per question to write a 1200 word essay in the voice of an English university student that follows the accepted structure. Those are three hours and three questions per session. You've got to know just enough about things like irrigation, plant diseases, oxygen management in winemaking, maceration, how bulk shipping and bottling lines work, international exports, prohibition efforts, organics, and that kind of stuff to produce 6 paragraphs that appear to demonstrate that you know what you are talking about. The tasting exam is what interests everyone though. It's three consecutive days starting at 10:00am where you have two hours and fifteen minutes to identify and analyze 12 wines sitting in fron...
