With over 5,000 different wine grape varieties growing around the world, only a dozen have risen to a status of being considered amazingly great. During this class, you’ll explore the basic profile of some of the world’s finest grapes and learn why some grapes make better wine than others.
You will also learn the common tasting techniques used by winemakers, sommeliers, critics and other professionals. Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen for an evening of enjoyment and exploration!
You’ll taste like a pro in no time flat!
Wine and food pairing: an art or a science? It’s both!
Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen in an interactive course that allows you to discover why some marriages are magical, and others…not so much. You will explore how to identify, evaluate and make the most of the unique flavors, textures and aromas of a variety of wines and foods.
Most important, you’ll leave with the confidence you need to create satisfying – and oftentimes surprising – matches either for dinner, your next party, a grill out or just effortless enjoyment.
With over 5,000 different wine grape varieties growing around the world, only a dozen have risen to a status of being considered amazingly great. During this class, you’ll explore the basic profile of some of the world’s finest grapes and learn why some grapes make better wine than others.
You will also learn the common tasting techniques used by winemakers, sommeliers, critics and other professionals. Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen for an evening of enjoyment and exploration!
You’ll taste like a pro in no time flat!
Wine and food pairing: an art or a science? It’s both!
Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen in an interactive course that allows you to discover why some marriages are magical, and others…not so much. You will explore how to identify, evaluate and make the most of the unique flavors, textures and aromas of a variety of wines and foods.
Most important, you’ll leave with the confidence you need to create satisfying – and oftentimes surprising – matches either for dinner, your next party, a grill out or just effortless enjoyment.
Wine and food pairing: an art or a science? It’s both!
Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen in an interactive course that allows you to discover why some marriages are magical, and others…not so much. You will explore how to identify, evaluate and make the most of the unique flavors, textures and aromas of a variety of wines and foods.
Most important, you’ll leave with the confidence you need to create satisfying – and oftentimes surprising – matches either for dinner, your next party, a grill out or just effortless enjoyment.
Master the complexities of Bordeaux. Know the important classifications, the collectible wines and the bargains. Taste the difference between wines from key areas and go behind the scenes of what makes this region unique in the world stage.
Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen for an evening of enjoyment and exploration! You’ll become the expert in Bordeaux at your next dinner party!
There are over 10,000 possible flavors in wine. There are over 500 bottles in the average wine shop. When you pick up a bottle of wine, do you know if you are really going to like it? Have you bought an expensive bottle only to be disappointed? If so, you are not alone. This is an issue that has plagued wine lovers for centuries. Each and every one of us has ever so slightly different sense of taste, which means that not all wines are going to appeal to all people.
Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen on an exploration to enjoy wine to the fullest. You don’t need to know every single wine style in the world. You don’t need to memorize every wine grape and every wine region. All you really need to start your journey into knowing YOUR wine style.
What do blanc de noirs and blanc de blancs mean? Why is Champagne so much more expensive than Prosecco? And how does vintage bubbly differ from non-vintage?
Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen as we taste and explore: how sparkling wine is made; styles of sparkling wine and popular regions; what makes true Champagne so special; sparkling terminology and general pairing of distinct foods.
It was known as the 1976 Judgment of Paris, a publicity stunt for a small wine school in Paris that would change the world of wine forever. There were only a handful of professionals, swirling, sipping and spitting their way through wines in a “blind tasting” of France versus California.
Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen in a spirited tasting and exploration learning about the wines that would change the map for California’s future in the iconic tasting where California wines beat the best of France.
Wine and food pairing: an art or a science? It’s both!
Join Wine Educator Lorri Hambuchen in an interactive course that allows you to discover why some marriages are magical, and others…not so much. You will explore how to identify, evaluate and make the most of the unique flavors, textures and aromas of a variety of wines and foods.
Most important, you’ll leave with the confidence you need to create satisfying – and oftentimes surprising – matches either for dinner, your next party, a grill out or just effortless enjoyment.