Martin Hudson  mw

The Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) www.wsetglobal.com  has established itself as the world-wide gold standard for wine education for professionals and amateur enthusiasts alike.  The carefully structured courses offer a progression of levels of wine knowledge from absolute beginner to industry leading expert.  Wine Unpicked founder Martin Hudson MW is proud to have achieved Approved Programme Provider status from this well-respected body for their wine qualifications from level 1 to 3

Martin commenced his wine education with the WSET courses in 1999 while working in the electro-technology industry.  In 2002 he joined the wine trade full-time with Oddbins, having already passed the WSET level 4 Diploma exams.  In 2003 Martin joined Berry Bros & Rudd, initially in their retail outlet, but subsequently became involved in wine education for both staff and customers, and latterly was also a member of the wine buying team.  In 2008 he became a Master of Wine (MW) www.mastersofwine.org , and has since acted as a judge in international wine awards and is involved in the MW education programme.

In 2015 Martin’s wife persuaded him to take early retirement and move to the seaside at Bournemouth, Dorset. It was here that Martin discovered the Shelley Theatre Trust, www.shelleytheatre.co.uk  a charitable organisation set up to save a 19th Century cultural gem.   The theatre building proved to be a perfect venue for wine tastings, and so the idea of Wine Unpicked presenting WSET courses at Shelley was born…