WSET Alumni are invited to join Daniel Bender PhD, DipWSET, Canada Research Chair in Food and Culture, to explore how the WSET’s standardised approach to tasting fits into a history of wine tasting that reaches back to the first decades of the 20th Century.
Event details
In this session Daniel will introduce some of the key figures who shaped the way we taste today like André Simon, Maynard Amerine, and Emile Peynaud, and examine how wine tasters transformed sensory evaluation in search of objective standards.
Attendees must hold the WSET Level 4 Diploma, we reserve the right to cancel tickets booked for non-diploma holders.
This event does not necessarily constitute official WSET course material and should not be used as such.
Speaker
Daniel Bender PhD, DipWSET
Daniel Bender is a professor of food studies and the Canada Research Chair in Food and Culture at the University of Toronto where he teaches courses on wine studies. He is the author of many books, including "The Food Adventurers: How Around-the-World Travel Changed the Way We Eat." He completed his WSET Level 4 Diploma in Wines in 2024. He is currently writing a book for wine drinkers, academics, and professionals on the past and future of wine tasting.