At Taste & Compare we specialize in creating customized wine, spirits and food classes geared around your interests for private parties, corporate team building programs, or hospitality staff training. Here are some examples- or let us plan a class specifically for your group!
Taste & Compare: Identifying the Basic Wine Varieties
The only infallible way to learn about wine is to taste it, then compare one wine against another. Not just sipping a glass here and there, but by focusing on it. The best way to focus is to remove all your preconceptions and force yourself to start at the beginning. In this program you’ll taste a series of single varietal wines. You won’t know what the varietal is, where it comes from, who made it, or how much it costs. But we confidently predict…You’ll figure all that out (with a little guidance) as you go along. By tasting and comparing. And isn’t that the best way to learn about wine?
Taste & Compare: How to Taste Wine like the Pros
People throw around an awful lot of strange descriptors about wine, don't they? We'll help you cut through all the jargon. You will learn how to taste, evaluate, and describe wine in a way that will let you clearly communicate your preferences to your friends, your neighborhood wine shop, and the wine waiter at your favorite restaurant. And we'll do it by putting several different wines in front of you---blind---and figuring out what they are by learning to identify and describe basic taste elements .
Old Word vs New World: What Are the Differences?
You've heard about "Old World" and "New World" wines? Did you know that when speaking of wine, China and South Africa are considered "New World"? Learn about the basic differences between the two---then taste examples of each, like Burgundy vs. California Chardonnay or Australian Shiraz vs. Rhone Valley Syrah. We'll cover a series of examples by tasting and comparing !
Global Wine Seminars & Tastings
Intense, focused blind tastings on specific varieties or types, designed to showcase the variations of terroir and the human element on the expressions of a grape’s style.
Global Wine Seminars could include regions in the wide world of wine, including but not limited to: Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah/Shiraz, Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux-style Blends, and Rhone-Style Blends. You choose!
Global Wine Seminars could include regions in the wide world of wine, including but not limited to: Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah/Shiraz, Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux-style Blends, and Rhone-Style Blends. You choose!
Virtual Wine Tours
A series of pictorial presentations and narration, supported by tastings, designed to illuminate major wine regions of the world
Virtual Wine Tours include, but are not limited to:
France , Spain, and Portugal.
Virtual Wine Tours include, but are not limited to:
France , Spain, and Portugal.
Food & Wine Pairing: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
What makes a great food and wine pairing? And what makes some wines just awful with certain foods?
A good pairing will create synergy- where the food and wine together create greater pleasure together than separately. Learn the principals by tasting and comparing wines with foods that complement one other, and those which detract. You will choose wines with greater confidence- we promise!
A good pairing will create synergy- where the food and wine together create greater pleasure together than separately. Learn the principals by tasting and comparing wines with foods that complement one other, and those which detract. You will choose wines with greater confidence- we promise!