CLASSES OFFERINGS

Wine 2.0: 4 classes

-How to taste
-Simplified Viticulture/Vinification
-Grape Varieties
-Rules for pairing wine and food

Wine 3.0: 5 classes

-Six factors: Shorthand for making sense of a wine in 5 minutes
-Write a coherent tasting note
-Learn to rate wines using 100 point scale
-International vs. Indigenous varieties
-Focus on current issues in wine such as closures, rules, ratings

Classic Class Series: 7 classes

-France: Focus on Burgundy and Bordeaux
-Italy: Spotlight on three main grape varieties – Nebbiolo, Sangiovese, and Aglianico
-Germany and Austria: Indigenous varieties, regions and traditions
-Spain and Portugal: Explore what the Iberian Peninsula has to offer
-New world wines: Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States – Principal areas, grape varieties and winemaking
-Sparkling wines: Methods, regions and traditions
-Sweet wines: Whirlwind tour of sweet wines across the spectrum from Birbet to Sauternes and back

France Tour: 7 classes

-Burgundy
-Bordeaux
-Alsace
-Loire
-Rhone and South West
-Provence/Languedoc Roussillon
-Champagne

Italian Tour: 8 classes

-Alto Adige/Trentino: Discover the pleasures of Gewurztraminer and other grape varieties
-Friuli Venezia Giulia/Emilia Romagna/Veneto: Beyond Pinot Grigio, Amarone and Albana
-Valle d’Aosta/Lombardy: Northern Viticulture
-Touring Piedmont’s Vineyards: From Barolo to Asti Spumante
-Tuscany/Liguria: A Land of Riches
-Central Italy: Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Trebbiano Reign Supreme
-Southern Italy: Magna Grecia Explored – Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, and Apulia
-Islands in the Sun: The wines of Sicily and Sardinia

Spain/Portugal: 6 classes

-Rioja and Navarra
-Catalonia, Valencia, Utiel-Requena, La Mancha
-Duero Valley and Rias Baixas
-Vinho Verde
-Dao, the Douro and Bairrada
-Sherry and Port

European Union: 5 classes

-Germany: Not just Riesling
-Austria: Going beyond Gruner Vetliner
-Hungary: Sweet wines of Tokaji
-Bulgaria and Romania
-Greece and Cyprus

Southern Hemisphere: 3 classes

-Argentina: Malbec is no longer the only game in town
-Chile: Carmenere is reborn
-Uruguay: Can you say Tannat

Australia and New Zealand: 4 classes

-Visiting the land of Oz: South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria
-Western Australia and Tasmania
-Kiwi’s Forever: More to the South Island than Cloudy Bay
-North Island

Born in the USA: 4 classes

-New York, New York: From the Finger Lakes through the Hudson Valley to Long Island.
Chardonnay is here to stay. Merlot’s not going to go and Pinot rhymes with Vino.
-California Dreaming: A tour through California’s AVAs
-South Western wines: Up and coming wines from Texas, New Mexico
-50 States and so little time: Savor wines from some of the other States of the Union and learn about the growth of the American wine industry