Four Class Wine Education
Forget the fluff.
Our sommelier-designed and led program gets to the heart of what's important to know about wine.
Looking for minutia and rhetoric? Better look elsewhere.
We cut right to the essentials, giving participants a better understanding on how to properly taste and assess wine, identify faults, understand key wine styles, structures, and terminology, and the basics behind food pairing. This interactive and approachable series welcomes wine enthusiasts of all knowledge levels.
Perfect for corporate retreats and professional development, our series is available in weekly, 2 hour classes for 4 weeks (with two optional classes for a six-week program.) We can come to your office or preferred venue, or host at our partner venue. Half day and full day sessions are available upon request.
Class 1 – Tasting Foundations: Let's start at the beginning. In this class we learn the basics of wine making and how wine goes from grape to glass. We taste four (4) wines to understand the system of look, smell, and taste.
Class 2 – White Wine Styles Defined: This session is a focused exploration of white wines in four (4) styles, ranging from crisp, fresh and neutral to rich, buttery, and opulent. We discuss the style of wine making that creates these fascinating wines.
Class 3 – Red Wine Styles Defined: This session is the counterpoint to Class 2, examining red wines of different character from juicy and smooth to bold and firm.
Class 4 – Wine & Food Pairing: In our final workshop, we learn the basic tennents to pairing food and wine, understanding what works, and why – and how to break the rules. We taste four (4) wines paired to various flavours sensations.
Extra Credit:
Sign up for these optional workshops to round out your education and go to the head of the class.
Optional Class 5 – Wine & Cheese: A continuation of wine tasting of various styles, red, white, sparkling, and sweet, paired to cheese of different character from soft, neutral and creamy to richly pungent and blue.
Optional Class 6 – Champagne and Sparkling Wine: Learn the difference between Champagne and the leading sparkling wines from arouf the world. This class tastes five (5) bubblies while learning the wine making methods to creating them.
Suggested minimum group size: 10
Classes: 4, 2-hour sessions
Pricing: $599 per person (plus tax) at your venue. Includes professional sommelier, workbook, wines, and required workshop materials
Add-on bonus classes: please add $350 per person (plus tax)
*For classes held at our host venue, please contact us for a quote.
Interested in learning more about wine, but don’t want to host? Join us for Wine School! Held in partnership with our partners at Vantage Venues downtown Toronto, these workshops are open to everyone and can be taken as a series or simply cherry pick (or should we say grape-pick?) the classes most appealing to you!
Things our lawyer wants you to know:
- All participants must be 19 years of age or older
- Please don't drink and drive