Beginners Winetasting Course

An Introduction To Basic Tasting Technique Covering: the world's major grape varieties and their varying styles from the principal wine producing countries.
A thorough grounding in tasting, in how to 'see what there is to see'.

Perceiving quality differences, describing style differences.

Enabling you to make sense of what you taste in terms of quality, style, preference, value for money.

Around 40 wines tasted, ranging from £5 - 35 a bottle.

By The End Of Six Weeks You Will Have:

- Tasted the majority of different wine types.
- A system which helps you compare, describe and remember wines.
- A means of enabling you to see more 'patterns' in wine, and make sense of its great variety.
- A better developed combination of personal taste and objective judgement.

European Wines From:
France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Portugal.

New World Wines From:
Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile, South Africa.

Major Styles Tasted:
White, red; dry, sweet, sparkling, fortified.

Important Subjects Covered:
Glassware
Wine and Temperature
Serving Wine
Combining wine with Food
Wine in Restaurants
Winemaking
Wine and Age
Wine and Words
Blind Tasting
Wine Faults
Storing Wine
Making Notes
Buying to 'Lay Down'

The Individual Evenings:
1 Dry Whites [Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Gewurztraminer]

2 Reds Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Nebbiolo

3 Reds / Whites - The Whites At Various Levels Of Sweetness.

4 Sparkling Wines And Muscats

5 New World Whites And Reds
[Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc; Syrah / Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot]

6 Fortified Wines
Sherry, Madeira, Port.

Visual Presentations On Four Evenings, Presenting:
Viticulture
White and Red Winemaking
Making Sparkling Wines
The New World
Making Fortified Wine

My presentation style is informative but informal, I encourage questions, and you can always come and talk to me at the end of the evening.