Wine Tasting for Rookies

What’s it all about?

Enjoy the taste of wine but have no words to describe it? Feel left out when others seem more knowledgeable about the tipple at dinner? Take the mystery out of wine and learn the basics of wine tasting in this interactive, hands on session.

We will start with a brief history of wine and its production and then you’ll have the opportunity to sample sparkling, white and red wines from Australia.

This informal session explores the smells, tastes, textures of wine and ‘how to’ taste to provide you with the basic tools to assist you when selecting wine.

What will we cover?

• Basics of how wine is made
• How to taste, what to look for
• Sample – sparkling, white & red wine

Who will be teaching?

Toni Wade has an extensive and diverse career in international marketing, including assisting over 200 Australian wine producers to gain access in the Asian market. Raised in the Hunter Valley, Toni has an extensive knowledge of the Australian wine industry, its regions and their wines.

She has completed level two of the London International Wine and Spirits Trust (WSET), and regularly participates and attends wine trade events and master classes both domestically and internationally. Toni has traveled to many wine regions and wine producing countries including Champagne, Croatia, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Uruguay and Canterbury and Central Otago in New Zealand.

Questions about the class? Please email sydney@lanewaylearning.com.

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