SCHEDULE OCTOBER 2022 COURSE
Time: 6,00pm - 10,00pm
Location: HARD ROCK HOTEL MARBLE ARCH - Great Cumberland Pl, London W1H 7DL
1.LESSON - Monday 3/10/22
The Sommelier - Service of Wine - Service temperatures - Wine Succession on the Table
The Tools - The Cellar - The Wine List
TASTING: 6 WINES
2.LESSON - Monday 10/10/22
Viticulture: The Vineyard - Diseases and Defects of Wine
TASTING: 6 WINES
3.LESSON - Monday 17/10/22
Vinification process: White and Red Wines
TASTING: 6 WINES
4.LESSON - Monday 24/10/22
Wine Tasting Technique - Visual, Olfactory and Taste Analysis
Wine Service Exercise - Bottle opening
TASTING: 6 WINES
5.LESSON - Monday 31/10/22
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 8/11/22
Sparkling wine, Sweet Wines, Fortified and Flavoured wines
Wine Service Exercise - Sparkling wine bottle opening
TASTING: 6 WINES
7.LESSON - Monday 14/11/22
Beer and Spirits
TASTING: 6 Beers & Spirits
Self Evaluation Test and Wine tasting
8.LESSON - Monday 21/11/22
Wine Evaluation Score Form
Europe Enography: France - part 1
TASTING: 5 WINES
9.LESSON - Monday 28/11/22
Europe Enography: France - part 2
TASTING: 6 WINES
10.LESSON - Monday 5/12/22
Europe Enography: Italy part 1
TASTING: 6 WINES
11.LESSON - Monday 12/12/22
Europe Enography: Italy part 2
TASTING: 6 WINES
12.LESSON - Monday 9/01/23
Europe Enography: Italy part 3
TASTING: 6 WINES
13.LESSON - Monday 16/01/23
Europe Enography: the rest of the continent
TASTING: 6 WINES including one "Made in England"
14.LESSON - Monday 23/01/23
International Enography: America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the world
TASTING: 6 WINES
15.LESSON - Monday 30/01/23
Food and Wine Sensory Analysis, pairing technique
Condiments - Aromatic Herbs - Sauces - Eggs
TASTING: FOOD AND WINE
16.LESSON - Monday 6/02/23
Sake production methods, taste olfactory examination of different typologies, food and sake pairing
TASTING: SAKE AND FOOD
17.LESSON - Monday 13/02/23
Pasta, Bread, Pizza and Rice - Seafood - Vegetables
TASTING: FOOD AND WINE
18.LESSON - Monday 20/02/23
White and Red Meat, Game, Charcuterie
TASTING: FOOD AND WINE
19.LESSON - Monday 27/02/23
Cheese, Dessert and Chocolate - Didactic Dinner
TASTING: FOOD AND WINE
20. WRITTEN EXAMINATION - Monday 13/03/23 (Written wine tasting and food and wine pairing) - Tuesday 14/03/23 (Written test online)
21. FINAL EXAM - ORAL EXAMINATION - Monday 27/03/23
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 14/09/2022 (deposit)
£650.00 due by 02/11/2022
£650.00 due by 02/12/2022
This fee includes everything you need to complete the course:
tasting of 100 wines, food matching, 4 books, notebooks.