Monday, June 6, 2016
Announcing Masters of Wine Lite©
The Institute of Masters of Wine is pleased to announce its new program, Masters of Wine Lite©. Tired of being the only person in your wine tasting group without initials after your name? That business card of yours looking a bit like you’re about as qualified for a wine job as a Komodo dragon, but with worse breath? Want to have members of the opposite sex swooning over you? Oh, just kidding, MWs don’t really have an opposite sex. But if you’ve always wanted a prestigious wine degree without all the needless study, the expense of presitigious wines, and cumbersome trivial knowledge, then Masters of Wine Lite© is for you!
There's a major competition going on for your wine education dollars, and now the Institute of Masters of Wine is getting serious. Look out WSET and CSW, the EmDubs are coming for you! Read all about how easy it is to get your Master of Wine Lite© over at Master of Wine Heavyweight Tim Atkin's site. Hey, blockheads, new letters to put after your names!
TIM ATKIN MW
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6 comments:
Oh, goody! I can hardly wait! Count me IN!
The Wine Writers Circle of Canada has been offering a "Masters of Wine Writing" for quite some time...gives you an MWW after your name.
I've got mine. Have you got yours?
Mark,
Start writing the check, my friend. An mw ain't cheap, but at least it's easy. In fact, I think that's the mw motto.
Dean,
You forget that I am the only HMW. Unicorn title! I win. I like that there is a Wine Writers Circle of Canada. Did they forget and leave the "Jerk" out?
I thought it was called the Wine Writers Arctic Circle of Canada
It sounds like Trump University of Wine!
Wine folks aren't the only ones looking to place acronyms after their names to bolster their credentials -- as today's Journal article attests:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/finance-chief-collect-strings-of-acronyms-to-bolster-credentials-1465256938
The closing paragraph:
"Indeed, as cumbersome as some of the acronyms can be, few would say they are too much of a good thing. Excess accreditation 'can be humorous, but I wouldn’t hold it against somebody,' . . ."
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