WSET’s Simon McMurtrie: ‘I hope to be an enthusiastic cheerleader’
WSET's outgoing chair Simon McMurtrie has given an interview to The Drinks Business reflecting on his tenure leading the charity and its expansion of wine education globally. It's a nice peek behind the curtain at how one of the wine industry's most influential educational bodies is run, and McMurtrie comes across as genuinely passionate about making wine study accessible rather than elitist. Worth a read if you're interested in how the industry's training infrastructure is evolving.
Originally published by The Drinks Business
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