Corkbuzz Online | Blind Tasting 4 Part Series

February 16 2021 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Join Laura Fiorvanti, for 4 blind tasting classes! This series pack is a great way to learn to taste like a wine professional. 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. Purchase of a wine pack will include two wrapped wines (don't peek!) per class.

Tuesday 2/16 6:30 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. 

Tuesday 2/23 6:30 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.

Tuesday 3/2 6:30 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.

Tuesday 3/9 6:30 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.

Please Note:

-For shipping, some restrictions apply. We CANNOT ship to AL, AR, KY, MI, MS, SD, or UT. If you order for shipping to a state listed, we will have to cancel and refund your order. We apologize for any inconvenience.

-We cannot guarantee wine delivery for orders placed within 5 days of the class date.