Wine Camp - Since 1997 - LA's #1 Intro to Wine Program
“We aim to make the world a better place, one wine class at a time!”
“This is the Gucci of wine classes” - LA TIMES
“A Life Changing Program” - YELP
“Crack the code on what fine wine is all about” - Ian Blackburn
LearnAboutWine.com presents Wine Camp - An introduction to Wine™ 2023
Offered monthly at learnaboutwine.com
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After over 25 years of teaching the world about wine, Sommelier Ian Blackburn and his LearnAboutWine team insist this is still his favorite class to teach. “I love making wine more approachable, entertaining and impactful!” At Wine Camp - An Introduction to Wine™ - Ian has hosted over 100,000 students career-to-date. Wine Camp demystifies wine, and we tie all the information back to a 6-7 wine flight where we taste great examples! Learn how to talk about how wine is made; and to describe what you taste! We discuss food and wine pairing techniques, wine storage, and really crack the code on “what is fine wine.” Check out the upcoming calendar for www.TheWineCamp.com and select the date that works best for you. This 2-hour program has changed lives and represents quality wine education - everyone should take a wine camp and improve the wine world one wine class at a time. It also makes a great gift.
ABOUT IAN TODD BLACKBURN Wine Educator, Professional Sommelier / Host and Master of Wine Student - I discovered the wine industry while working with Chef’s Thomas Keller and Joachim Splichal in the top dining rooms of Los Angeles. My passion redirected my career from restaurants/hotels to vineyards and wine-education. Now with over 25-years of experience hosting events; leading trips around the wine world; I published a wine book; produced my own wine called Beekeeper Cellars and sat for the difficult Master of Wine Exam! Today, I am considered one of the region's best wine educators and work for my 20,000 followers (follow me), visiting vineyards and wine regions and producing over 100 wine classes and events a year for my businesses and my team.
Timeline
1995 Learnaboutwine.com was created
2003-2005 TASTE on Two Rodeo – weekly tastings on Rodeo Drive
2005 LASupportsLA donated $250K to Hurricane Katrina Charities
2007 My wine class was featured on ABC’s The Bachelor
2010 Sold 5000 Groupons in one day to survive the great recession
2016 Appeared in the Movie “Sour Grapes” – Yes, Rudi was originally a student
2019 Surpassed 1 million dollars in Charity donations through our various events
2020 Pivoted to our own retail store called Merchantofwine.com & we still deliver!
2022 Appeared in the Movie “A Perfect Vintage”
