Understanding Wine (3 x 3 hour sessions)

Name: Understanding Wine (3 x 3 hour sessions)
Start: 2025-09-10T18:30:00+09:30
End: 2025-09-10T21:30:00+09:30
Location: National Wine Centre

Schedule

Wed Sep 10 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+09:30

Location

National Wine Centre | Adelaide, SA

👉🏼Understanding Wine (3 x 3-hour evenings)
In this intensive three-week course you'll learn about wine styles and their differences, how to taste wine, recognise their faults, plus food and wine matching principles.
Week 1: Sparkling & white wines (3 hours)
Week 2: Red & rosé wines (3 hours)
Week 3: Fortified wines & quiz (3 hours)
This is a great course for those interested in wine or in the wine / hospitality industry - Cellar door staff, cellarhands and vineyard workers new to the wine industry to help them gain a greater understanding of Australian wines and wine styles in an interactive and fun environment at the National Wine Centre.
Over the course of the 3 sessions, you’ll explore a range of Australian wine styles, varieties, blends, and regions as our educators guide you through how to swirl, sniff and taste like a professional.
By course end, you’ll understand more about aroma and taste and you’ll know how to express it. You will gain confidence talking about wine and have fun with like-minded people in a relaxed and informal setting at the National Wine Centre.
Wine course topics covered include:
🍇Understand the principles of sensory evaluation and apply them to a diverse range of wine styles
🍇Understand wine flavours and characters
🍇Understand the fundamentals of viticulture & winemaking
🍇Appreciate the variances and influences of different wine varieties
🍇Introduce you to Australian wine regions and styles
🍇Understand the principles of food & wine matching
🍇Understand wine faults
“The teachers are world-class, and the course is highly interactive. We tasted an impressive variety of wines from South Australian regions. I highly recommend these wine courses. Just a heads-up... Prepare to fall headfirst into a love affair with the grape."
Katie Spain, Award-winning wine writer