HOW TO BECOME A MASTER OF WINE - THE WINE EXPERIENCE

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The Master of Wine is considered to be one of the most difficult qualifications if not the most difficult qualification in the wine world.

Even though the qualification exists since 1953 and there are several really famous Famous Masters of Wine living and working all around the world there are currently only 417 Masters of Wine, living in 31 different countries and just 493 people have passed the MW exam since 1953.

So you may be wondering just like I do … How the hell did Konstantin do it?! Here is the story.

When I finished school I did not know what to do. Wine was certainly not an option as I grew up in an area of Germany where there is no wine production at all and few people drink wine. After a lot of back and forth, I decided to something that most of my friends could not understand. I did not go to university but instead did an apprenticeship at one of the best hotels in Germany. I wanted to become the Manager of a great hotel and this was how were supposed to start your career. A German apprenticeship follows a real program and I spent three years at the hotel, worked in different departments, and learned more about cooking, service, and wine at school.

Wine was a topic that I felt drawn to pretty quickly. I liked the fact that wine combines so many things, there is the sensory side to it which is very subjective but that there is also a lot of culture, history, and science that I could discover. I started to buy books and went to more and more tastings.