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The Course


This 21 lesson course is an enjoyable and easy way to improve your knowledge of wine.

1. INTRODUCTION
    TO THE COURSE
  • Wine? But what is wine?
  • A little history without tears
  • The geography of wine:
        Countrietovisit and the wines
        they offer
  • Italy and its wine regions

    2. FROM THE GRAPE
        TO FERMENTATION

  • Vines: the vinegrowing
        culture
  • Grapes: the truth
        behind wine
  • The grape harvest

    3. CELLAR WORK

  • Vinification of red and rosé wines
  • Vinification of white wine
  • Vinification of sparkling wines
  • Vinification of sweet wines
        and special wines
  • Ageing and maturation in
        barrels and barriques

     

    		•  4. HOW TO TASTE WINE
  • Visual assessment
  • Scale of wine colours
  • The nose
  • List of families of aromas and
        their main descriptors
  • Taste
  • The main faults of wine

    5. TASTING WINE
        AT HOME

  • Serving temperatures and glasses
  • Cellar rules

    6. CHOOSING WINE
        IN A RESTAURANT

  • The choice
  • Refusing wine in a restaurant

     



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