Taste like a professional Sommelier | online course

· May 6 2020

Take advantage of your time at home. Impress family and friends.

Overview

This is the world's first online wine tasting course.

All you need is an internet connection ... and one or two bottle of wines in front of you.

I'm a professional Sommelier (AIS certified) and I will teach you how to taste like a pro.

The course is totally customisable to the level of the participants.

Get ready! It'll be fun. Start opening the bottles!

What's Included:

Course runs every saturday and sunday, starting at 10:30 am (uk time)
We'll connect online, through a zoom conference call system. don't worry it's super simple.
Tutored tasting of your own wines
Wine tasting rules: do's and don'ts
Visual examination
Olfactory examination
Taste-olfactory examination
Overall evaluation

The Plan

Part 1 (1 hour)

In the first hour, we will explore the basics of wine tasting:

The difference between objective, subjective and emotional evaluation of wine
The don't and don'ts of wine tasting
The stages of the organoleptic (sensorial) analysis.

Each of us, doesn't matter where we are, will open the bottles and get it started!

The Score Form - what is it? how to use it?
Visual Examination: how's the clarity? consistency? what about the color? maybe we got effervescence to check?

Part 2 (1 hour)

After a short pause, let's look at the wine in the nose and in the mouth.

Olfactory examination
- Intensity, complexity, quality, description - what do they mean?
- Grape varieties and their traditional scents
- Primary, secondary and tertiary aromas
Taste-olfactory examination
- Sugars, acids, alcohols, tannins, polyalcohols, minerality
- Structure, balance, intensity, length, quality
- It sounds difficult - but don't be scared. I'll guide you and it becomes easy

We'll finish with a toast and ... cheers!

Mario

"I'm the latest addition to the team! I'm passioned about wine and I'm a certified Sommelier. Thanks to Tom and Olly I have discovered the surprising variety and quality of English wines. This summer I'll be your guide: we'll discover together English wines, walking in the vineyards and I will guide your sensorial testing - do you want to taste like a professional sommelier? Born in Italy. Lived in 9 countries. I have experience with tours in Italy, Belgium, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Shanghai."