Corkbuzz Online | 4 Part Blind Tasting Work Shop Monday's 6/29-7/20

July 6 2020 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Join Master Sommelier, Laura Fiorvanti, for 4 blind tasting classes! This series pack is a great way to learn to taste like a Master Sommelier. We will hone your deductive tasting skills and teach you how to tell the difference between classic grape varietals, based on three elements of wine: sight, nose, and palate.

This workshop series pack is valid for one student for the 4 Online Blind Tasting Workshop classes offered by Laura Fiorvanti.

All classes are recorded and available on request if you miss a class or want to watch again. Please email amber@corkbuzz.com

Monday 6/29 7:30 pm - In the first of 4 Blind Tasting classes we will introduce the tasting grid with a focus on the clues that the "Sight, Nose, & Palate" give in accurately deducing the region, grape, vintage and quality of a wine. Learn about clarity, color hues, rim variation, gas evidence, sediment and viscosity for the sight; flaws, intensity, families of fruit descriptors, non-fruit, oak and age for the aroma & flavor; and how to detect & evaluate the structure of wine: such as sweetness, acidity, tannin, and alcohol.

Monday 7/6 7:30 pm - In the second of 4 Blind Tasting classes we will review and compare grapes and wines that have spices or flavors that add spice to wine including lactones, rotundone, botrytis and thiols.

Monday 7/13 7:30 pm - In the third of 4 Blind Tasting classes we will review and compare grapes that showcase conditions of fruit in wine including under-ripe, perfectly ripe, overripe, cooked, dried and jammy flavors, grapes that have florals and herbs or flavors that contribute floral/herbaceous aromatics to wine including Esters, Thiols, Pyrazines and Terpenes.

Monday 7/20 7:30 pm - In the fourth of 4 Blind Tasting classes we will review and compare wines that have distinct earthy aromas or regions or grapes that express earthiness including geosmin, brettanomyces, volatile acidity and sulfur compounds.

It will not be necessary to purchase wine to join and learn, but we will have wine packs available "blind" along with the class if you like. We will also send a short, general list of wines you may source on your own if you prefer.

Zoom links will be sent via email on the morning of the class. Follow-up notes are sent the following day.

Check out our wine "backpacks" for class here or email laura@corkbuzz.com for custom wines for class.