• Taste 16 wines in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere
• 6 hours of wine tasting and tuition
• 3 course lunch with wine
• Meet sociable people who share your interest in wine

Our 1-day workshops are designed to appeal to people who would like to learn a bit about wine but don't have the time to follow one of our evening courses. They make great Christmas or anniversary presents.

In these workshops, we will teach you how to taste properly and how to describe and evaluate a wine using appropriate vocabulary. We will help you understand the factors that influence the style of a wine – climate, grape variety, etc. - and give you the confidence to make sense of wine labels and choose wine to go with food.

A 3-course lunch with wine is an integral part of the day. The lunch menu is carefully selected to match the theme of the workshop.

We offer one general introductory workshop (The World Of Wine) and a series of five more advanced workshops, which focus on the wines of France, Italy, Spain, Australia and The Americas (Le Tour De France, La Dolce Vita, Viva España, Down Under and Over There).

THE WORLD OF WINE [Apply Here] | [Return to Top]

09.30 - 10 00 Meet - Tea Or Coffee 10.00 - 11.30 Tasting Wine Properly 11.45 - 13.15 Growing Grapes 13.15 - 14.15 Lunch 14.15 - 15.45 Making Wine 16.00 - 17.30 Buying, Storing and Serving Wine

SPECIALISED WINE WORKSHOPS

LE TOUR DE FRANCE [Apply Here] | [Return to Top]

09.30 - 10 00 Meet - Tea Or Coffee 10.00 - 11.30 Tasting Technique, French Wine Styles & Labelling 11.45 - 13.15 The Loire Valley, Alsace & Champagne 13.15 - 14.15 Lunch 14.15 - 15.45 Burgundy & Bordeaux 16.00 - 17.30 The Rhone Valley & The South Of France

LA DOLCE VITA [Apply Here] | [Return to Top]

09.30 - 10 00 Meet - Tea Or Coffee 10.00 - 11.30 Tasting Technique, Italian Wine Styles & Labelling 11.45 - 13.15 Northern Italy - Piemonte, Veneto, Friuli & Alto Adige 13.15 - 14.15 Lunch 14.15 - 15.45 Central Italy - Toscana, Umbria, Lazio, Abbruzzo & Marche 16.00 - 17.30 Southern Italy & The Islands

VIVA ESPANA [Apply Here] | [Return to Top]

09.30 - 10 00 Meet - Tea Or Coffee 10.00 - 11.30 Tasting Technique, Spanish Wine Styles & Labelling 11.45 - 13.15 Northern Spain - Penedes, Priorato, Rioja & Navarra 13.15 - 14.15 Lunch 14.15 - 15.45 Central Spain - Ribera del Duero, Toro & Rueda 16.00 - 17.30 Southern Spain - La Mancha, Valdepeñas, Valencia & Jerez

DOWN UNDER [Apply Here] | [Return to Top]

09.30 - 10 00 Meet - Tea Or Coffee 10.00 - 11.30 Tasting Technique, Australian Wine Styles & Labelling 11.45 - 13.15 South Australia 13.15 - 14.15 Lunch 14.15 - 15.45 New South Wales & Victoria 16.00 - 17.30 Tasmania & Western Australia

OVER THERE [Apply Here] | [Return to Top]

09.30 - 10 00 Meet - Tea Or Coffee 10.00 - 11.30 Tasting Technique. Canada, Washington State & Oregon 11.45 - 13.15 California 13.15 - 14.15 Lunch 14.15 - 15.45 Chile 16.00 - 17.30 Argentina

WHAT WILL BE PROVIDED

ISO tasting glasses, as used by the professionals, will be provided. You will taste samples of four wines per session.

In addition, you will receive one of our own course manuals. These are very comprehensive and easy-to-understand sets of notes on all the wine producing regions of the world plus advice on buying, storing and serving wine.

Tea, coffee and a three-course lunch with wine will be served as per the course programme. The lunch menu will be carefully chosen to match the theme of the workshop.

COURSE TUTORS

Senior members of the Wine Education Service team with the appropriate specialist knowledge and experience.

All are qualified to Wine & Spirit Education Trust Diploma level, have extensive lecturing experience and travel widely to keep up to date. Most are members of The Association of Wine Educators and/or The Circle of Wine Writers.

PRICE

The all-inclusive price of these workshops is £115 per person.

VENUES & DATES

ONE DAY WINE WORKSHOPS (£115-00)