Courses

Wine Appreciation: 5 week course

Wine Appreciation is open to all, from the enthusiastic beginner to the self proclaimed connoiseur. It is suitable for casual wine drinkers, those that want to reconfirm their existing knowledge or anyone wanting to work or working in the food and beverage industry.

This class provides an excellent foundation to build wine knowledge and develop sensory skills. The class approaches the world of wine through an exploration of grape varieties, new and old world wine regions and winemaking techniques. You will learn how evaluate and assess the quality of wine and formulate your own judgements. Each class will include tasting and evaluation of a minimum of 8 wines.

Dates: Wednesdays: March 3, March 10, March 24, March 31 & April 7	Time: 7:00-9:00 PM
Location: 6375 Bayne Street, Halifax, NS	Cost: $225 + hst

Course Outline

CLASS #1: TASTING BASICS

• Components of Wine, Sensory Evaluation of Wine
• Practical Considerations (cellaring, serving temperature, glassware...)

CLASS #2: WHITE WINES

• White Wines; grape varietals, growing regions (old world and new world); winemaking techniques; wine styles

CLASS #3: NEW WORLD RED WINES

• Overview of New World wine regions (Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile, Argentina), quality regulations, reading the wine label.

CLASS #4: OLD WORLD RED WINES

• Overview of classic Old World wine regions (France, Italy, Spain), appellation laws, wine labels.
• Grape varietals; winemaking techniques
• Wine tasting

CLASS #5: BLIND TASTING

• Review of grape varietals & wine styles
• Wine and Food Pairing Principles
• Blind tasting (white and red wines); test your knowledge and memory by attempting to identify the grape varietal, wine and growing region of the undisclosed wine in your glass.

For registration & payment contact alanna@bishopscellar.com (902)490-2675

NOTE that payment must be made in full to reserve space in the class. All sales of the wine tasting courses are final.