Tasting Courses
Ready to take your wine or spirits expertise to the next level? Course we offer online include the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Levels 1-4, Wine 101 Foundation course, The American Wine Expert course, Napa Valley Wine Expert, Tim Gaiser's SommDay courses, the Society of Wine Educators CSW program, and a host of other online courses perfect for the sommelier students, wine professional, or wine enthusiast.
All our courses have the same standard of excellence, they differ only in the method in which they are delivered and in the differing motivation of students: the student following our e-learning courses will do so for very specific reasons: highly motivated students who cannot, (usually because of their geographical location), follow a course in a regular classroom environment because of their work schedules, family needs or other reasons.
The way in which we overcome the problem of ‘long-distance' tasting- (where the student has no or little Tasting & Evaluation experience), is as follows: When you start the course you can have 1 or 2 personal guided tasting sessions, if you'd like to clarify a specific tasting issue) with one of our tutors, via Skype, who will assist you in any problems you might have in wine tasting.
Lemme tell ya it's not all Cabernet kisses 
In this episode, I draw back the curtain to share with you what's like to taste the world's best wines, how to find wines that cost $15 but taste like $30, and which wine region is my fav (and why you should visit it).
Also, in some courses, by attending non-compulsory practicums and workshops, (any of our students may join us on a non-compulsory tutored Field Trip to a wine region, to get some hands-on, practical exposure to grapes, viticulture, winemaking or other related practical experience.
Wine Experts based in the Languedoc region of southern France will take you on an exploration of some of the local vineyards, tasting and sampling wonderful wines whilst learning how they are made from some of the interesting characters involved in their production.
Parts of our courses are almost of a university level, but most are set at an academic level just below that - also because we hold practical experience to be equally important (almost all courses have some practical aspects such as wine tasting exercises and on-site training at a wine business near you- see later).
A professionally trained chef through the Institute for Culinary Education in NYC and a wine professional, she is a Certified Wine and Spirits introduction to wine tasting Educator through the Society of Wine Educators, and holds her Diploma in Wines & Spirits through the Wines & Spirits Education Trust.
The retailer, which has gained a strong following for its popular range of wines in store, says that although the newly launched course, which is available now, is free to download, it is best accompanied by its three Wine Discovery cases, which can be bought from its online shop for around £110.
Its purpose is to foster educational programs at Boston University that explore all aspects of wine, including viticulture; enology; wine history; economics; distribution and marketing; the pairing of wine with food; and the psychological, physiological, and cultural phenomena of wine consumption.
The WSET has a serious approach to wine evaluation, and its trademark Systematic Approach to Tasting comes with basic but insightful knowledge about the wine world. In wine tasting we talk about look, smell and taste but in fact you use your touch and hearing too.