SHARON MCLEAN

Sharon is an award-winning wine instructor, a certified sommelier and a traveller.  She is a co-founder of Cru Consultancy, which offers Wine Scholar Guild programs in B.C. and Alberta and consulting services to private clients and corporations.

Sharon is a leading instructor of Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) courses on Vancouver Island, the global instructor for the instructor-led French Wine Scholar courses and the Education Director for Vessel Liquor Store in Victoria.  She is also a wine judge and a freelance wine writer.

In 2009, she completed the WSET Diploma with the highest marks in Canada. Since then she has gone on to become a French Wine Scholar, an Italian Wine Scholar, a Spanish Wine Scholar, an accredited Bordeaux instructor, and a Certified Sherry Educator.  Sharon is pursuing the Masters of Wine certification and has passed the first year assessments.

Sharon is excited to share B.C.’s journey and stories with you through the BC Ambassador Program.

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