葡萄酒大師

平衡家庭與工作

葡萄酒大師的頭銜讓李志延成為新加坡航空公司和澳門銀河綜合度假城的葡萄酒顧問，她也是多家葡萄酒媒體的特約撰稿人。

李志延告訴本刊，工作對她來說輕松而享受，因為她所做的一切都是她所熱愛的。比如在為客人提供可選的葡萄酒時，將葡萄酒與食物搭配出的效果告訴客人，客人在接受建議后的反應讓李志延樂見其成。

李志延同時還是四個孩子的母親，如何將工作和母親的角色平衡才是最大的挑戰。李志延經常飛往世界各地，在工作與家庭中尋求平衡點，最恰當的辦法是和孩子們一起放假，所以一年中會有至少約兩個月的時間讓李志延完全脫離工作。

Work Life Balance

Lee is now a consultant for the Singapore Airline and Macau Galaxy Resort， as well as a special contributor to various wine media outlets.

Lee said that work is relaxed and enjoyable， because she does what she is passionate about. She recommends wine to clients and tells them what will be the results of particular wine-food combination. Lee is overjoyed with their reaction.

She is a mother of four and the biggest challenge is work life balance. She flies around the world and she finds it best to go on holiday with kids to strike work-life balance， that’s why she doesn’t work for at least two months every year.

葡萄酒大師（Master of Wine）是由葡萄酒商人團體（Wine and Spirits Association）與名酒酒商工會（Worshipful Company of Vintners）協力策劃，于1953年開始設立的一種專業資格考試。該考試最初只對國籍是英國的考生開放，1987年才開始對非英國公民開放。迄今為止，全球共有279人通過該考試，并獲得葡萄酒大師的殊榮。平均下來，每年通過考試的人數僅以個位數計算，其難易程度可想而知?，F在，這個考試每年舉辦一次，分別于倫敦、悉尼和舊金山同時進行。目前，葡萄酒大師的官方認證授權機構是倫敦葡萄酒大師學會（IMW）。除個別例子外，一般要報考葡萄酒大師必須擁有英國葡萄酒及烈酒教育基金會WSET（Wine Spirit Education Trust）第四級的資格證書，而報考WSET的要求是必須擁有WSET第三級證書。在國外，參加酒類行業考試的條件還包括必須年滿18歲。WSET三級的考試花費約為600英鎊，四級為3000英鎊左右，葡萄酒大師的認證考試則為5300英鎊左右。也就是說，要獲得葡萄酒大師的稱號，僅學費最少就要花費約9000英鎊。如果算上平日品酒和出國考試的費用，考取葡萄酒大師至少需二、三十萬元以上。

Master of Wine was the brainchild of Wine and Spirits Association and Worshipful Company of Vintners. The professional accreditation inaugurated in 1953， initially to British citizens only and was open to non-UK citizens since 1987. 279 people have passed the exams and been awarded Master of Wine title. On average， fewer than 10 people passed the exams every year， an indication of the difficulty of the exams. Today， the exams are held once a year， simultaneously in London， Sydney and San Francisco. The IMW awards the title. To apply， candidates have to possess the fourth-level certificate from West (Wine Spirit Education Trust) and be over 19-year-old. Level-three certificate exams cost GBP300， level four about GBP3，000， and MW GBP5，300. In other worlds， it costs at least GBP9，000 to get the MW certificate， and that’s fees alone. If wine tasting and travel expenses are included， the costs easily amount to Rmb200，000， 300，000 and probably more.