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Current courses
The World of Wine
Italian Wines 101
Wines of France
Wine Certification Course
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Courses available upon request
Legendary Wineries and their Wines
Advanced Wine Adventures
Classic Wine Regions of the World
The FAB FOUR – Whites
The FAB FOUR - Reds
The Best of the Rhone
1976 Judgment of Paris
Pairing Wine and Food
Premium Wines
Saturday Workshops: Wine 101 and Wine 102
The Best of the USA
Wine A to Z
Wines of the Rising Stars
Wines of the S. Hemisphere
A European Wine River Tour
The Basics of Wine Tasting and Selection
Your Summer Wine Start-up Kit
In this course, we get to pick and choose the most exciting wine regions of the world. Our fall course includes important wine regions that every wine lover will want to know.
Each class will give you an in-depth exploration of what is unique about a particular region and what it is about the region's wines that has long captured the imagination and palates of the wine world?
You will learn the basic outlines of each region – its climate, geology and grape varieties. Most important, you will taste the outstanding wines of the regions. With maps, descriptions, and tables, you will have a record of each wine you taste and where it fits into the region’s vineyards and wine styles.
At the heart of each region’s wine personality is a distinctive quality that sets it apart – come discover it together.
| 6 Tuesdays: | October 5: | France's Southern Rhone Valley - Châteauneuf du Pape, Tavel, and Beaumes de Venise: |
| October 12: | France's Loire Valley - Touraine and Anjou: the heart of the Loire Valley and its distinctive red, white, rosé, sparkling and sweet wines |
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| October 19: | Tuscany - Chianti Classico, Montalcino, Maremma: |
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| October 26: | Southern Italy - Campania: one of Italy’s most important, and least well-known, wine regions |
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| November 9 | Portugal - The Douro Valley:
fascinating and unique, this home of Port is now also producing outstanding, unfortified red and white table wines |
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| November 16 | Northern Spain – Rioja, Priorato, Rias Baixas:
three of Spain’s most acclaimed and varied wine regions |
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| Tuition: | one class $85 two classes (10% discount) $150 four classes (15% discount) $290 six classes (20% discount) $408 |