This course will develop blind tasting skills through weekly focused tastings. Students will develop the skills to calibrate their tasting acumen, relate their wine theory knowledge to their tasting methodology, and have a chance to taste many categories of wines side by side that are immensely valuable. Focus areas for the tastings include identifying different origins for the same grape varieties, ascertaining quality levels, developing an understanding of how methods of wine production affect wine style, and focusing on grape and region laterals that are commonly difficult to differentiate. At the end of the course, students will have a superior understanding of all the relevant tasting skills required to function at higher levels in the wine trade, wine journalism, and other relevant areas.

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