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Information
Links
Educators
& Courses
These
links target paid-enrollment courses and seminars that are
either Online, Occasional, or Informal. Please see also the Academia
links for regular, ongoing, formal educational institutions
offering wine curriculum and research.
Affairs
of the Vine (San
Francisco)
American
Society of Enology & Viticulture
American
Wine Society (many regional chapters)
Aprender
Espagñol...Aprendiendo sobre Vinos (learn
the Spanish language while learning about Argentine wines in
Buenos Aries)
Association
of Wine Educators (UK)
Australian
Society of Wine Education
Beringer
Masters Series on Food & Wine
Bruce
Cass Winelab (San
Francisco)
Chicago
Wine School
CorkDork U.
(St. Louis)
Culinary
Institute of America (Hyde Park,
NY, and St. Helena, CA)
DMJ Wineworks
(Bordeaux)
Drink Great
Wine (San Francisco)
Elizabeth
Bishop Wine Resource Center
(Boston University)
Institute
of Masters of Wine (professional
/ career course)
International
Wine Guild (Denver,
CO - variety of career & consumer courses)
Learn
About Wine (Santa Monica)
Manhattan
Wine Seminars (Southern California)
O-Chateau (wine
tasting in Paris, tours)
OportoWines.com
(Port info)
Pacific
Rim Wine Education Center (San
Francisco)
Planetavino (Madrid
- English-speaking classes and tastings of Spanish wines)
Rhone
Rangers
Sensory
Evaluation of Wine (Toronto)
SFsommelier
(San Francisco)
Society
of Wine Educators
The Wine
Coach (Laurie Forster, Maryland)
Wine
Answers
Wine
Education Service (UK)
Wine School of
Philadelphia
Wine
Spectator School
Wine Tasting
Association (Mark Phillips, Wash. D.C.)
Wine &
Spirit Education Trust (UK)
Wine
Writers' Circle of Canada
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Aural Media
Listen and
learn ...
Grape
Radio
Whitley
on Wine
Wine
Experience Radio Show
Wine
Fairy / Wine & Dine Radio
Wine
Radio Network (weekly show with Spencer Christian) |
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Help
These links
are for those who would prefer to set their own pace and
march to their own drummer ...
Aroma
Dictionary, a
product of Recognose, consists of 36 wine-specific aromas
embedded on three reusable cards; also offers some free
resources for wine tastings.
Gust-Aroma
offers three kits that turn learning about wine into a
game
RECOMMENDED
How to Pronounce French, German and Italian Wine Names
- phonetic pronunciation for over 15,000 names, terms,
regions, grape varieties, etc.
HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
Le
Nez du Vin offers 5 separate
kits to help train your sense of smell. Each kit includes
vials of aromas commonly found in wine (including one
of common defects), along with extensive information in
the companion literature.
HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
Sensory
Science Group (Ohio
State University) has up-to-date
and easy-to-understand explanations of the science surrounding
smell, taste, and other elements of flavor.
Wine
Fundamentals is an interactive
DVD
Wine
Tasting Association (click on "Products")
RECOMMENDED
Wine Handbook is a resouce and
discussion site for wine enthusiasts by Meriel Bladon
HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
Wine
Research offers information
on various wines, what foods they compliment, where to
find them, what they cost and how media and individuals
describe or rate them.
Yum
Yuk (take
the flavor profile test) |
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