An International Wine Center exlcusive: join Master Cicerone® and Grandmaster BJCP Judge Mirella Amato, WSET’s Senior Development Manager for Beer, as she reveals how to leverage your wine-tasting expertise to become a proficient beer taster. Discover the similarities and differences between the two and explore how to adapt perception, characteristics, and mechanics using the WSET Level 2 SAT for Beer.

You’ll use the wine tasting expertise you already have to taste six beer styles during this guided workshop.

Mirella Amato is the Senior Business Development Manager for Beer at WSET. She has dedicated herself to supporting the growth of craft beer by promoting a better understanding of beer and its many qualities since 2007 and has designed several programs focusing on both craft beer essentials and sensory-specific content for breweries in Canada, the US and Europe. Mirella is one of 28 Master Cicerones® in the world as well as one of 84 Grandmaster BJCP Beer Judges and was the first person in the world to hold both titles. She judges major beer competitions internationally. She is the author of the award-winning book: Beerology: Everything you Need to Know to Enjoy Beer Even More and creator of the new online course Mastering Beer and Food Pairing brought to you by Beerology®.

Date: Thursday, June 11

Time: 6:00 PM–8:00 PM

Location: International Wine Center, 350 7th Ave., Suite 1201, New York, NY, 10001.