20 January 2015

The Wait is Over!

I walked quickly to the parking garage to retrieve my vehicle;  I was trying to minimize the amount of time spent walking about in  the cold weather and trying to  minimize the possibility of my nose turning red.  While I waited for the car to warm up I quickly scanned my email. Wait! I thought I saw the acronym for in Wine Spirit Education Trust (WSET) e subject line one of the emails.  Was this wishful  thinking on my part? My pal at The Illustrated Wine had asked recently if I heard anything as had M. I stopped multitasking and looked at my email in earnest.  The subject line DID contain the acronym WSET. The subject was  "WSET Level 2 Exam results".  The email read:

Congratulations!  You passed (with Merit) the WSET Level 2 exam that was given at Capital Wine School on December 11, 2014. 
Your certificate will be mailed to you within the next two months.  Please send me your current mailing address, so that I can be sure to mail your certificate to the right place.

In the meantime, if you are interested in taking the WSET Level 3 Certification Course at Capital Wine School, the next class begins on February 9.  You can click here to register.

Congratulations, again

Hooray! What does merit mean? The WSET Level 2 Exam consists of  50 multiple choice questions that must be answered in an hour. The exam is graded as follows:

  • Correctly answering 85% and above = Pass with distinction
  • Correctly answering between 70% and 84% = Pass with merit
  • Correctly answering between 55% and 69%  = Pass
  • Correctly answering between 45% and 54%  = Fail
  • Correctly answering 44% and below = Fail unclassified
 
Passing the exam also means I am eligible to use the WSET logo on my site, letterhead and business cards. Look for the logo on the Technicolor dining blog site and in the footer of emails from Technicolor dining. The Facebook and Twitter pages will list that Technicolor dining is WSET Certified: Level 2- Wine & Spirits, but the logo does not appear.
I'm delighted to have passed the exam and plan to apply what I've learned as I continue along my journey. As for Level 3, it's probably best that I wait until after I complete my Culinary Techniques 101 (CT101) training.  I would like to give each class  focused attention.

The journey continues... I hope you'll join me.


Be well,

Technicolor girl

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