Welcome

Who has ever been taught how to taste wine? We drink wine, now it's time to learn how to taste wine. In this class, you will learn how to open a bottle of wine properly, the different sensations and tastes on our palates and how each person differ, storage of wine, why we swirl a glass of wine and how it effects the wine, and basic food and wine pairings. You will taste wine and cheese pairings and how one effects the other. We will also go into some do's and don'ts when going out wine tasting.

How many times have you read a flavor profile of a wine and tried to figure out how they came up with those flavors. This class will teach you how our palates work. You will learn about tannins, acidity and sweetness levels. You will taste and smell fruits and foods found in the wine descriptors, going back to the wines identifying those smells and flavors on your own. We will assist you to train your palate to pick up those flavors and aromas separately within the wines.  

In this class we will focus on specific varietals. Six wines of a certain varietal will be chosen from different regions of the world and will be tasted side-by-side. We will discuss where they come from, different wine making techniques and the differences in their flavor profile. This class will enlighten you to the fact all Cabs do not taste the same or all Rieslings are not sweet. You can't say you don't like a certain varietal without tasting the same varietal from different regions. 

In this class we go over the different wine regions in California. What regions of California are best known for specific varietals and why. How does climate and location make a difference in the flavor profile of specific varietals. This class  allows you to taste six different wines which show the strength of that region. Let us tour California together.

This class will focus on why French wines taste different than wines from other countries. This class will cover specific French wine regions, how wine making laws effect flavor profiles and common varietals specific to those regions. As we travel to the different wine regions ( Rhone, Bordeaux, etc.), how do we know which varietals are in the wine we are drinking. Tasting seven wines from France will give you a better appreciation for wines around the world. 

With Italy being the largest wine producer in the world, this class will focus on some of the most common wine regions and the varietals grown in each of those regions. As we travel throughout Italy, you will taste six wines from different regions and what the actual varietals are in those wines (Barolo, Chianti, Tuscany, etc.). This class will provide you a better appreciation of wines throughout the world.