Wine Classes Online

Learn to taste wine
with our online video classes.
You already like wine...
why not learn how to love wine?!
How it works:
  1. Choose a class you want to watch from the list below and one of the bottles listed under the class so you can taste along as you watch...
  2. Click on the "get started" link below.
  3. Click "login" (if you've made a password already) or "join" (if you still need to make a password).

Click here to get started

 

Current list of classes and the recommended wines for each class: (highly encouraged bottles are in bold)

 

01. Intro - How the classes work: Drink something from the second class; this class is only a minute long introduction.

 

02. Wine Tasting 101: Technique - The Silly Faces

 

Whites: Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc, Brampton Sauvignon Blanc, Montintin Sancerre, Kung Fu Girl Dry Riesling, Charmy, Inama Soave, Emperador Macabeo, Sebastiani Chardonnay, Muscadet Cotes du Grandlieu, Chateau Lamothe Bordeaux, Errazuriz Wild Ferment Chardonnay

 

Reds: Paringa Cabernet Sauvignon, Hook & Ladder, Chono Carmenere, Vina Real Rioja, Excelsior Shiraz, The Show Cabernet Sauvignon, C.M.S. Red, Tormaresca Neprica, Les Trois Couronnes, Desert Wind Cabernet Sauvignon, Cover Drive Cabernet Sauvignon

 

 

03. Wine Tasting 101: Aromas - Popsicles with Booze

 

Whites:Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc (Citrus/Tropical Fruits), Finca del Origen Torrontes (Flowers)

 

Reds: The Show Cabernet Sauvignon, Morro Bay Cabernet Sauvignon, and Paringa Cabernet Sauvignon, or (if you're advanced) La Sacristie Fronsac 2004.

  

 

 

04. Wine Tasting 101: Acidity - Stop! You're making my mouth water.

 

Muscadet Cotes du Grandlieu, Falcon Hill Dry Riesling, Honig Sauvignon Blanc, Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc, Raymond Sauvignon Blanc

 

 

05. Wine Tasting 101: Tannins - Sucking on Sawdust... and Loving It!

 

Wines: Domaines des Ouches Bourgueil, Montpezat Merlot, Amancaya Cabernet/Malbec (!) Excelsior Shiraz , Mulderbosch Faithful Hound 2005, Santa Carolina Cabernet Sauvignon.

 

 

06. Wine Tasting 101: Body - The Skinny on Weight

 

Whites: Chalkhill Chardonnay, Pellegrini Chardonnay, Sebastiani Chardonnay, Marcel Deiss Burg, Raymond Chardonnay

 

Reds: Castello D'Albola Chianti Classico, Martin Ray Pinot Noir, Villadoria Barolo 1999, Bricco Magna Nebbiolo 2005, Li Veli Negroamaro, Cooper Hill Pinot Noir, Domaine de la Vougeraie Gevrey Chambertin 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Memberships can be canceled at any time, and all sales are final since there is no physical product to return.