On August 28, Master Sommelier Gillian Ballance makes her Master the World debut with 90 Minutes to Mastery—a live exploration of six benchmark wines from around the world.

Taste all six wines completely blind as Gillian shows you how climate, place, grape variety, and winemaking reveal themselves in the glass. You’ll learn to recognize the clues that matter, distinguish one classic wine style from another, and turn your sensory observations into clearer, more confident conclusions.

This wine kit features six 180 ml bottles selected in collaboration with Master Sommelier Gillian Ballance. Each wine represents a classic benchmark style, making the tasting equally valuable for curious wine lovers and serious students.

Your kit includes:
🍷 Six benchmark 180 ml wines from around the world
🎓 Live tasting with Master Sommelier Gillian Ballance
📅 August 28 at 1 PM Pacific
▶️ Recording access if you can’t attend live
📝 MTW tasting notes and tasting grids
🌍 A guided exploration of place, climate, variety, and style

Master Sommelier Gillian Ballance brings more than 20 years of experience directing acclaimed wine programs at restaurants, hotels, and resorts across the United States. Her career includes leadership roles at The Rainbow Room, Windows on the World, Cello NYC, Bacara Resort, Bottega Napa Valley, and Cavallo Point.

Currently the National Education Manager at Treasury Wine Estates, Gillian is also an approved WSET wine educator and WSET diploma holder, and serves on both the James Beard Foundation Beverage Advisory Board and the Court of Master Sommeliers Board of Directors.

Six wines. Ninety minutes. A sharper, more confident way to taste.