WINE 101: Wine Tasting For The Complete Novice (4 Thursdays)

Wine should be fun and easy, but a lot of people are so overwhelmed and intimidated they'd almost rather order a beer. This course is designed to help the beginning wine lover get more comfortable and confident with wine in a low-pressure, snob-free environment. We talk a lot about how to understand and remember what wines you like and how to communicate that to people in a wine shop or a restaurant. We always take a fun and light-hearted approach to how we taste wine so people don't feel like they… Show more have to be experts just to have a valid opinion. In just four classes, you'll have a short list of favorite whites and favorite reds that you can rely on when you're shopping, ordering, and exploring new wines.
 Week One - How to taste wine, and why! What's with all the swishing, swirling, and spewing?
WEEK Two - Understanding wine grapes - sometimes but only sometimes, knowing the grape (or grapes) gives you a hint about what the wine's like.
WEEK Three - Wines around the world - we'll taste the same wine from different parts of the world plus a few grapes that only grow one place... so far!
WEEK Four - Final blind wine taste off - we'll do a fun and interesting blind tasting in our last class to fire you up with wine confidence! Here is a list of some of the delicious wines we've tasted in previous sessions of this class:
St. Supery Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley, California)
Sabeka Chardonnay (Western Cape, South Africa)
Domaine Montanet-Thoden Bourgogne (Burgundy, France)
Axel "Primero" (Chile)
Jaboulet Isnard Cotes du Ventoux (Rhone Valley, Southern France)
Ruffino Chianti (Tuscany, Italy)
Truro Vignoles (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
Dolceoro Moscato d'Asti (Northern Italy)
Four Vines "Naked" Chardonnay (Santa Barbara, California)
Georges Duboeuf Cote-de-Brouilly (Beaujolais, Burgundy, France)
Chateau Recougne (Bordeaux, France)
Gruet Blanc de Noirs Brut (New Mexico)
Granbazan Albarino (Rias Baixas, Spain)
Bodega Lurton Torrontes (Mendoza, Argentina)
Woop Woop Verdelho (McLaren Vale, Australia)
Graham Beck "Pinno" Pinotage (Robertson, South Africa)
Santa Rita "120" Carmenere (Rapel Valley, Chile)
El Portillo Malbec (Mendoza, Argentina)
Concannon Petite Sirah (Livermore Valley, California)

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