SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 2023 COURSE

Time: 6,00pm - 10,00pm
Location: HARD ROCK HOTEL MARBLE ARCH - Great Cumberland Pl, London W1H 7DL 

1.LESSON - Tuesday 21/02/23
 The Sommelier - Service of Wine - Service temperatures - Wine Succession on the Table
 The Tools - The Cellar - The Wine List
 TASTING: 6 WINES

2.LESSON - Tuesday 28/02/23
 Viticulture: The Vineyard - Diseases and Defects of Wine
 TASTING: 6 WINES

3.LESSON - Tuesday 7/03/23
 Vinification process: White and Red Wines
 TASTING: 6 WINES

4.LESSON - Tuesday 14/03/23
 Wine Tasting Technique - Visual, Olfactory and Taste Analysis
 Wine Service Exercise - Bottle opening
 TASTING: 6 WINES

5.LESSON - Tuesday 21/03/23
 Wine Tasting Technique - Deconstructed Tasting Exercise:
 Tasting a wine sample plus 5 solutions of glycerine, sugar, alcohol, acid and tannin
 OLFACTORY EXERCISE: Flowers and Fruits, Aromatic Herbs and Spices.
 TASTING: 6 WINES

6.LESSON - Tuesday 28/03/23
 Sparkling wine, Sweet Wines, Fortified and Flavoured wines
 Wine Service Exercise - Sparkling wine bottle opening
 TASTING: 6 WINES

7.LESSON - Tuesday 4/04/23
 Beer and Spirits
 TASTING: 6 Beers & Spirits
 Self Evaluation Test and Wine tasting

8.LESSON - Tuesday 11/04/23
 Wine Evaluation Score Form
 Europe Enography: France - part 1
 TASTING: 5 WINES

9.LESSON - Tuesday 18/04/23
 Europe Enography: France - part 2
 TASTING: 6 WINES

10.LESSON - Tuesday 25/04/23
 Europe Enography: Italy part 1
 TASTING: 6 WINES

11.LESSON - Tuesday 2/05/23
 Europe Enography: Italy part 2
 TASTING: 6 WINES

12.LESSON - Tuesday 9/05/23
 Europe Enography: Italy part 3
 TASTING: 6 WINES

13.LESSON - Tuesday 16/05/23
 Europe Enography: the rest of the continent
 TASTING: 6 WINES including one "Made in England"

14.LESSON - Tuesday 23/05/23
 International Enography: America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the world
 TASTING: 6 WINES

15.LESSON - Tuesday 06/06/23
 Food and Wine Sensory Analysis, pairing technique
 Condiments - Aromatic Herbs - Sauces - Eggs
 TASTING: FOOD AND WINE

16.LESSON - Tuesday 13/06/23
 Sake production methods, taste olfactory examination of different typologies, food and sake pairing
 TASTING: SAKE AND FOOD

17.LESSON - Tuesday 20/06/23
 Pasta, Bread, Pizza and Rice - Seafood - Vegetables
 TASTING: FOOD AND WINE

18.LESSON - Tuesday 27/06/23
 White and Red Meat, Game, Charcuterie
 TASTING: FOOD AND WINE

19.LESSON - Tuesday 04/07/23
 Cheese, Dessert and Chocolate - Didactic Dinner
 TASTING: FOOD AND WINE

20. WRITTEN EXAMINATION - Monday 18/09/23 (Written wine tasting and food and wine pairing) - Tuesday 19/09/23 (Written test online)

21. FINAL EXAM - ORAL EXAMINATION - Monday 2/10/23

PRICE - The 5 month course costs  £1860 and is payable in three instalments to help you spread the cost. Alternatively, you can pay the initial deposit (£560) and then spread the rest of the cost in 5 months with monthly standing order payment of £260.

The monthly standing orders MUST BE confirmed arrangements with your bank.

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£560.00 due by 6/02/2023 (deposit)
£650.00 due by 6/03/2023
£650.00 due by 03/04/2023

This fee includes everything you need to complete the course:
tasting of 100 wines, food matching, 4 books, notebooks.