By Sasha Smith, New York City Correspondent
Good news – I passed the Unit 3 exam! Friends have asked if I’m excited, but mostly I’m relieved. (Also slightly shocked that I passed the tasting portion.) Now I need to go through the same drill for spirits and sparkling and fortified wines and write four research papers. Piece of cake.
Many thanks to Lenn for giving me the real estate on his blog – and thanks to all of you who wrote in with words of encouragement and support.
Whoever thinks the blogosphere is full of only snark and vitriol has clearly never visited this blog. I hope to meet some of you kind folks in person at the LENNDEVOURS Wine Bar event on October 19. Just don’t expect me to say anything remotely smart about wine, as I think I’ve forgotten it all.
Congratulations!
Posted by: Jason Feulner | September 09, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Congratulations!
Posted by: Dale Cruse | September 09, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Did you drink anything to celebrate?
Posted by: Jason Feulner | September 10, 2008 at 03:00 PM
Sasha,
Good for you. Unit 3 is the hardest part. It's smooth sailing (more or less) after that. Hope to hear what you are drinking. I just got diploma earlier this month so I can certainly relate to the feeling of elation!
Good for you.
Susannah
Posted by: Susannah Gold | September 10, 2008 at 04:27 PM
Sasha,
Congratulations! As Susannah mentioned, once you've got Unit 3, you're pretty much there (never did understand why they didn't break the program up into more even chunks)...
Posted by: Doug Cook | September 13, 2008 at 03:07 PM
Congratulations Sasha! Hope you're going to enjoy the rest. How much more to go? 4,5 & 6?
Mollie
Posted by: Mollie | February 25, 2009 at 02:12 PM