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    A great wine education provides a strong foundation for any wine career or wine-savvy consumer.  Each week we taste and instruct towards world wine competency, achieved by passing this multi-week program and credential exam.   Students who have completed the structure outlined on the curriculum have achieved a 90+% success rate and passed the challenging EXAM. Additionally, our students of gone on to pass the CSW, WSET Level 3 and 4, many have gone on to become wine authorities, authors, and captains of industry.  


    Over 1700 credentialed graduates are improving the wine world!    

    Graduates will receive a Junior Wine Executive (J.W.E.) credential, wall certificate, and credentials that are helpful in the application process for future placement in the wine industry, or just to impress and educate your family and friends around the dinner table. Perhaps best of all, you’ll be in the upper 10% in wine knowledge and comfortably conversational in wine at all future work and social occasions.

WINTER 2023 (LIVE)

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Week One: January 30th
Week Two: February 6th 
Week Three: February 13th
Week Four: March 6th
Week Five: March 13th 

WINTER 2023 (ZOOM)

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Week One: January 31st
Week Two: February 7th 
Week Three: February 14th
Week Four: March 7th
Week Five: March 14th 

CLASS INCLUDES

-Hands-on tasting and instruction

-An introduction and exploration of tasting skills as we discuss 8-12 key wines per week  

-Each student participates in our wine purchasing project (each student buys a bottle or 2 for the program)  

-Weekly Wine Quiz’s    

-Varietal description project and homework projects  

-Wine laws and history (reading and comprehension) - From our foundational text book

-Blind Wine Final  \  Credential Exam (The Beverage Aptitude Review) issuing J.W.E. Credential Certification awarded on successful completion

-Successful Certification includes: Wall Certificate, J.W.E. Credentials for your resume and lifelong satisfaction of elevating your wine ability

REQUIRED MATERIALS

NO PRIOR WINE KNOWLEDGE IS REQUIRED; WE HAVE A CURRICULUM  THAT ALLOWS YOU TO WORK AHEAD IF YOU WISH TO GET STARTED NOW.

Textbook: Culinary Institute of America’s Exploring Wine textbook (you may purchase this from us when you enroll, or you may source your own copy of the current edition) 
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NOTE:  At any time - this book cook move to the 4th Edition. This 4th Edition has not yet been viewed, but the 3rd Edition will be the source of all our quizzes and the final exam for this session.  The answers in the book are the primary answer - any answers found on google or other reference will not usurp the answers found in this time tested guide.

COST OF CLASS

ZOOM SESSIONS INCLUDE WEEKLY SHIPPING OF WINES - SHIPPED MONDAY FOR TUESDAY

Out of state samples prepped on friday and sent two day air - we are never to be held responsible when UPS fails to deliver. All zoom sessions are recorded - you can taste the wines after the session and still participate.

Stand alone Zoom flight kits cost $40 to prepare and ship inside california - $60 for two day delivery per set.