Wine Lover online course

Name: Wine Lover online course
Rating: 4.3 (18 reviews)

The complete wine course for beginners. Grape varieties and countries.

Created byMaria Saulina

Last updated 12/2020

English

What you'll learn

How to taste, drink and store wine correctly.
How to read wine labels from different countries.
How to choose good wine.
Wines from France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, and New World.
Main grape varieties and the difference between them.
What affects wine quality and price.
What is so particular about expensive French and Italian wines.
Get the lists of the best producers of all wine discussed.
Improve your wine consumption and save money on wine.
Learn what glasses and wine gadgets to buy.

Course content

4 sections • 16 lectures • 3h 52m total length

Lecture plan0:59
Please don't forget to download a pdf file attached to this lecture. This is the full summary of the first section “Intro to wine tasting”.
Wine terms and history9:53
In this lecture we are going to discuss wine terms, and some essential facts from wine history.
Intro to grape varieties1:11
We will learn what grapes are used to make wine.
What affects wine quality and price2:15
We will learn what is terroir and how it affects wine's quality and price.
Wine production3:43
We will learn how to make wine and what is the difference between cork and screw cap.
How to taste wine correctly0:22
4 steps approach of tasting wine like a boss.
5 main features of wine7:53
We speak in details about each step of tasting wine, try to find aromas in wine, learn 5 main features of wine, and try to describe wine like professionals.
Serving wine5:09
We learn how to serve wine, what glasses to buy and how to aerate wine.
Storing wine2:05
We will learn how to store your wine correctly, and what to do with leftover wine (if any).
Summary of the first topic1:34
Let's sum up what we have learned already.
Test #1: Intro to wine tasting.

Main whites, reds. Rose. Sparkling and sweet.54:46
In this lecture we are going to study 6 whites, 5 reds international grape varieties, rosé wine. I explain how bubbles appear in sparkling wine, and we discuss 5 main sparkling wines starting with Champagne. For the dessert we have sweet and fortified wines, we will meet noble rot method of making sweet wine.
Test #2: Main whites, reds. Rose. Sparkling and sweet.

France32:50
Bonjour, wine lovers! In this lecture we study French classification system and wine label. Learn some secret information that we need to look for at French wine label (and labels of other European countries).
We travel to the most important wine regions of France and develop our "must try from France" list. And speak about why Bordeaux and Burgundy wines are so expensive.
Test #3: France
Italy32:00
Ciao, Wine lovers! This lecture is fully dedicated to Italy. We study wine label, main wines and regions of this unique wine country. We speak about wine made from Jupiter's blood and find out how to choose the best Chianti.
Test #4: Italy
Spain, Germany, Portugal36:48
Hola, amigos. Welcome to Spain, Germany and Portugal — important winemaking countries. We study main wines and regions, design our "must try list". This time we speak more about fortified, I promise you a story. Jerez or Sherry, Port or Porto, and Madeira from beautiful island.
Test #5: Spain, Germany, Portugal
The New World41:01
In this lecture we are going to travel almost all over the world. We visit beautiful vineyard in Australia and New Zealand, speak about cheap and awesome local wine from South Africa, discuss in details The United States and great wines from California, touch a little Argentina and Chile. In Chile lovely story how they were growing Merlot that appeared to be not a Merlot is waiting for us.
Test #6: The New World

Requirements

No requirements, this course is designed for beginners.

Description

Want to know more about wine but getting bored with wine magazines and listening to sommeliers? You are at the right place. Being a fan of infographics and system-based approach I made this course as easy as possible. Structured, short and sweet. Extremely cool for beginners.

This course is about wine basics, grape varieties and countries.

Grape varieties

80% of all wines in the world are made from 20 major grape varieties. It is enough to know the main ones to choose good wine. We study 6 main whites, 5 main reds, and 5 sparkling wines.

⁠You will have a profile for each variety: color, aromas, characteristics, regions and producers, food paring, similar varieties.

Countries

We will briefly discuss France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, USA, Argentina, and Chile.⁠

⁠You will learn how to read the wine labels of these countries, get essential and structured information about regions and wines that you should definitely try. A list of producers is attached, of course. ⁠

You will finally understand what is so particular in expensive French and Italian wines. And if there is any difference between Old and New Worlds.

Welcome on board and let's begin. Cheers!

Who this course is for:

Wine lovers who are passionate about wine and want to make their wine consumption more diverse and structured.

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Course content

Intro to wine tasting10 lectures • 35min

Grape varieties1 lecture • 55min

Countries4 lectures • 2hr 23min

Wine and Food pairing1 lecture • 1min

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