S27: Winetasting: Developing Advanced Skills

To complement our existing multi-level wine programs, we’re
excited to introduce a new class designed to sharpen
your tasting skills and build on the knowledge you’ve gained in our
survey, winemaking, and higher-level courses.

Throughout the course, you’ll
focus on:

• Identifying different
  regional expressions of the same grape variety
• Evaluating wine quality
  at a professional level
• Separating the
  influences of winemaking, climate, and grape varietal character
• Writing accurate,
  professional-quality tasting notes

Tastings will focus on grape
and region laterals that are commonly difficult to differentiate, and explore how production choices impact style,
highlight subtle distinctions between similar wines, and challenge you to
assess quality through blind tastings.

By the end of the course,
you’ll have a deeper, more refined understanding of the key sensory skills
required for advanced work in the wine trade, wine journalism, and
other professional roles.

Prerequisite: This class is ideal for
students who have completed both Survey of Wine classes.

Tuition: $1,640

Meets: Thursday* evenings, 6:00-8:45pm, January January 21 – April 29, 2027