TASTE LIKE A PROFESSIONAL | BLIND TASTING IS FUN
Blind tasting is the sport of wine tasting! It rewards knowledge and is a great way to learn (known as deductive tasting). We taste three wines blind at-a-time! We tell you what wines we are tasting, but we don’t tell you which glass they’re in! To take the live class up a notch; we ask timely trivia questions and engage other competitive elements…. This class helps develop tasting skills and wine knowledge! PALATE BUILDING is action packed, fun, and delicious!!! Build your palate, reinforce and expand what you know, or learn it for the first time! All experience levels welcome.
WHAT You'll experience in this 2 hour session
A FEW SKILLS:
Aroma training
Learn how to smell wine!
Tasting vocabulary
Taste with conviction!
Old world detection
Stone, earth etched acidity, learn the "fingerprints"!
New world characteristics
Fruit forward, use of wood, acid, underripe!
Learn how to detect
Alcohol, oak, fruit/varietal, place, vintage, variation!
SAMPLE WINE LIST
The return of Palate Builder - a fun way to improve your tasting skills and flat out - its just a very high energy and fun way to taste and learnaboutwine. How it works: We taste three wines blind at-a-time! We tell you what wines we are tasting, but we don’t tell you which glass they’re in! To take the live class up a notch; we ask timely trivia questions and engage other competitive elements…. This class helps develop tasting skills and wine knowledge! Build your palate, reinforce and expand what you know, or learn it for the first time! All experience levels welcome.
We open 1 bottle per paying guest and aim to open 18 wines for 18 guests…. we sell out at 21 (21 bottles!!!)
INCLUDES
Papille Gustative Mezze Platter
-Farmers market fresh veggies, house made hummus, Jyaan Isaac bread and house made butter.
Tip is not included but is requested at the event to help cover the wines and the LearnAboutWine team.
THE VENUE
(Taste Buds in Latin languages) is a "farm to table" concept cafe-restaurant offering breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Our specialty menu is based on organic, locally sourced produce, exquisitely prepared and served fresh daily. We source the best ingredients directly from farmers and incorporate them into a fast changing, highly seasonal menu. Our food is perfectly paired with Single Origin specialty Coffees and Teas as well as local, biodynamic sustainably made Wines and craft beers.
2823 Main St. Santa Monica, CA, 90405
Our Policy
All tickets are non-refundable. We can adjust your menu for dietary needs up to 72 hours prior without any additional cost. Wines can change without notice, failure or corked wines do not result in any type of credit or refund. We open one bottle minimum per paying guest, and can reduce the total number of bottles being opened so that the event does not have to cancel should ticket sales not reach potential. Fewer bottles will equal larger pours, so you will get the same quantity of wine and we always open the best wines for the quality of the event. Cancellation due to illness is understandable and appreciated, but does not qualify for a refund. If you are not well, you may ask for the food to be made available for togo or assign your seat to someone else without fee. The perishable nature of our product requires no cancellation, no credit, no refunds for any reason.
About
IAN BLACKBURN
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 produce over 100 wine classes and events a year for my businesses and my team.
