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Level 2 Certificate in Wine and Wine Tasting
Saturday + Sunday, November 14 + 15, 1pm – 5pm each day
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Level 2 is a foundation course for experienced beginners and enthusiasts. It assumes basic exposure to wine and some technical wine tasting knowledge. This program is appropriate for both consumers and professionals in all wine, food, hospitality and service industries.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
This program focuses on the unique role that place plays in the world of wine. Students will learn the major wine regions of Europe, how wine making techniques influence wine style, and the language of wine. The aim of Level 2 is to provide a broad range of knowledge about wine history, wine agriculture, and wine making.
LEVEL 2 PROGRAM FORMAT
8 hours classroom program
1-2 hours exam
24 – 30 wines tasted
Online multiple choice exam | 25 questions | Minimum passing score 75%
Wine tasting exam | 3 wines | 3 short-form questions | 1 essay question
LEVEL 2 SYLLABUS
DAY ONE, PART ONE | 1pm – 3pm
Veni Vidi Vino: Wines of Italy
DAY ONE, PART TWO | 3pm – 5pm
The Language Of Wine
– Wine And Words
– Wine Label Interpretation
– Best New Wines You’ve Never Heard Of
DAY TWO, PART ONE | 1pm – 3pm
Tour de France: Fundamentals Of French Wine
DAY TWO, PART TWO | 3pm – 4:30pm
Wine And Cheese: Making The Perfect Match
– Fundamentals of Wine & Food Pairing
– Wines of California, Oregon & Washington
DAY TWO, PART THREE | 4:30pm – 5pm
Online multiple choice exam
Wine tasting exam
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Guests, students and certificate candidates must meet the legal minimum age for the retail purchase of alcoholic beverages in the country where the program is being held: 21 in the USA and China.
CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS
Multiple choice exam of 25 questions
Wine tasting exam of 3 wines, 4 short-form questions, and 1 essay question
Complete classroom program
Complete classroom wine tasting exercise
YOUR EDUCATOR
JONATHON ALSOP is founder & executive director of the Boston Wine School, author of The Wine Lover’s Devotional and In Vino Veritas, and a commentator for National Public Radio on WGBH | Boston Public Radio and Under The Radar.
He began writing about wine, food and travel in 1988 and emerged as a wine expert through his syndicated wine column. He has contributed numerous articles to the Associated Press, Frequent Flyer Magazine, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and many others.
Jonathon founded the Boston Wine School in 2000 where he teaches wine and food classes in a dedicated 100% snob-free zone. His new book Wine Life: A Collection Of Verses will be published in 2020.
SOUTHERN STARS Wine in the south of France – the Mediterranean arc that stretches from Italy to Spain – is about 1,000 years older than wine in the rest of France, and it shows. These wines tend to be rugged and rustic, highly blended from multiple grapes, and extremely expressive of the particular place they come from. In this class, you’ll experience a range of wines, from Provence in the east and the southern Rhône Valley all the way west to Corbières in Languedoc-Roussillon. You’ll learn wines, grapes, geography, and history in the most delicious way possible. By the time this class is over, you’ll be speaking Châteauneuf-du-Pape fluently!
#RESTAURANTSTRONG Thank you for tasting great wine for a great cause! Part of each ticket will go to benefit the #RestaurantStrong Fund supporting restaurant people across the country impacted by Covid-19 . And the wines you buy to taste along in class, all that goes right to your local wine shops.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS I’m going to open and teach these three wines.
2019 La Chapelle du Bastion Picpoul de Pinet (Languedoc, southern France)
2017 Cellier des Chartreux “Chevalier d’Anthelme” Rouge (Côtes du Rhône, Provence, southern France)
2016 Château Aiguilloux “Cuvée Tradition” Corbières (Languedoc-Roussillon, southern France)
You can order from Solera: A Shrine To Wine at our Roslindale campus. Solera is open for curbside pick-up Saturdays and Sundays right now. You can also order them from your favorite local wine shop. Do not be shy about getting comparable wines if you need to – there’s a ton of great equivalents out there that we can easily learn from too.
HOW ABOUT FOOD? Here are a few food pairing suggestions for each wine. Feel free to use this as a guide, come up with your own ideas and have fun with it all!
Picpoul de Pinet + Chèvre | Grilled mussels | Roasted green grapes
Côtes du Rhône + Grilled sausages | Sheep’s milk cheese | Green olives
Corbières + Spicy cured sausage | Fourme d’Ambert (raw milk blue cheese) | Sautéed black olives
THREE WINE GLASSES & A WEBCAM You can go as big or as little as you like. Taste along with all three plus all the foods, pick one or two that sound especially good, or just tune in and learn about wine with whatever you have in your glass.
After you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and password for the tasting class. You’ll receive an email reminder a couple of days before, then a reminder an hour before class starts.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND “Wines Of Southern France” is an introductory course for beginners and enthusiasts. It assumes some exposure to wine but little or no formal wine knowledge. This program is appropriate for both consumers and professionals in all wine, food, hospitality and service industries.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Students will learn technical wine tasting, southern French signature grapes, wine and food pairing basics, and fundamentals of wine style. The emphasis is on providing an introduction to the south of France, building wine vocabulary, and becoming fluent in expressing your own wine tastes.
PROGRAM FORMAT 1 hour online program
PROGRAM SYLLABUS (tentative) Seven “S” System Of Wine Tasting | Wine’s Sense Of Place | Sunny Southern Stars
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Guests, students and certificate candidates must meet the legal minimum age for the retail purchase of alcoholic beverages in the country where the program is being held: 21 in the USA and China.
YOUR EDUCATOR
JONATHON ALSOP is founder & executive director of the Boston Wine School, author of The Wine Lover’s Devotional and In Vino Veritas, and a commentator for National Public Radio on WGBH | Boston Public Radio and Under The Radar.
He began writing about wine, food and travel in 1988 and emerged as a wine expert through his syndicated wine column. He has contributed numerous articles to the Associated Press, Frequent Flyer Magazine, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and many others.
Jonathon founded the Boston Wine School in 2000 where he teaches wine and food classes in a dedicated 100% snob-free zone. His new book Wine Life: A Collection Of Verses will be published in 2020.
MAKING THE PERFECT MATCH Wine and cheese have been together a long time – at least 8,000 years that we know of – and there’s a natural affinity. When you get the right wine together with the right cheese, the result is biochemical magic, a whole new world of flavors a thousand times greater than either one alone. This class will taste three wines plus three cheeses that represent the different ways wine and cheese pair up with each other. Get ready to experience combinations and flavors you’ve never tasted before.
#RESTAURANTSTRONG Thank you for tasting great wine for a great cause! Part of each ticket will go to benefit the #RestaurantStrong Fund supporting restaurant people across the country impacted by Covid-19 . And the wines you buy to taste along in class, all that goes right to your local wine shops.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS I’m going to open and teach these three wines with these three cheeses, which are readily available at Whole Foods, Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge & South End, Wassik’s in Wellesley and others.
2018 Cellier des Chartreux ‘Blue’ Sauvignon Blanc (Pujaut, southern Rhône , southern France, about $15) Bucheron Chèvre (Goat’s milk, Loire Valley, northwest France)
2017 Poppy Hill Pinot Noir (Carneros, California, USA, about $19) Comté (AKA Gruyère de Comté, cow’s milk, Franche-Comté, central France)
2018 Angels Tears Pinotage “Le Chocolat” (Western Cape, South Africa, about $15) Gorgonzola dolce (Cow’s milk blue, Gorgonzola, Milan, north-central Italy)
Order the wines from Solera: A Shrine To Wine at our Roslindale campus. Solera is open for curbside pick-up Saturdays and Sundays right now. You can also order them from your favorite local wine shop. Do not be shy about getting comparable wines if you need to – there’s a ton of great equivalents out there that we can easily learn from too.
THREE WINE GLASSES & A WEBCAM
You can do this as big or as little as you like. Taste along with all three plus all the cheeses, or pick one or two, or just tune in and learn with whatever you have in your refrigerator.
After you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and password for the tasting class. You’ll receive an email reminder a couple of days before, then a reminder an hour before class starts.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND “Wine, Cheese, And The Pursuit Of Happiness” is an introductory course for beginners and enthusiasts. It assumes some exposure to wine but little or no formal wine knowledge. This program is appropriate for both consumers and professionals in all wine, food, hospitality and service industries.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Students will learn technical wine tasting, major wine grapes, wine and food pairing basics, and fundamentals of wine style. The emphasis is on providing an overview of food and cheese pairing concepts that fit in the world of wine and wine tasting.
PROGRAM FORMAT 1 hour online program
PROGRAM SYLLABUS (tentative) Seven “S” System Of Wine Tasting | The Spectrum Of Wine | Jet Propulsion Pairings
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Guests, students and certificate candidates must meet the legal minimum age for the retail purchase of alcoholic beverages in the country where the program is being held: 21 in the USA and China.
YOUR EDUCATOR
JONATHON ALSOP is founder & executive director of the Boston Wine School, author of The Wine Lover’s Devotional and In Vino Veritas, and a commentator for National Public Radio on WGBH | Boston Public Radio and Under The Radar.
He began writing about wine, food and travel in 1988 and emerged as a wine expert through his syndicated wine column. He has contributed numerous articles to the Associated Press, Frequent Flyer Magazine, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and many others.
Jonathon founded the Boston Wine School in 2000 where he teaches wine and food classes in a dedicated 100% snob-free zone. His new book Wine Life: A Collection Of Verses will be published in 2020.
IT’S ALL A MATTER OF TASTE We get it: red wine – especially big brawny red wine – can be an acquired taste. The weight of red wine can make it feel very dense and heavy. That grippy, tannic texture can take a little getting used to. And some people just prefer their wine much colder than we traditionally serve reds. In this class, you’re going to learn three major techniques everyone can use to help white wine people find their way in the red wine end of the spectrum. We’ll start with Beaujolais – traditionally the easiest of the red wines – then try a couple of deliciously light red grapes from Italy you’ve probably never heard of. Taste is a thing that is constantly growing, and we’re going to help make it easy to grow in new directions!
#RESTAURANTSTRONG Thank you for tasting great wine for a great cause! Part of each ticket will go to benefit the #RestaurantStrong Fund supporting restaurant people across the country impacted by Covid-19 . And the wines you buy to taste along in class, all that goes right to your local wine shops.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS I’m going to open and teach these three wines.
2017 Domaine Pascal Aufranc “Vignes de 1939” Chénas (Beaujolais, central France)
2017 Caparra & Siciliani “Solagi” Gaglioppo (Cirò , Calabria, southern Italy)
2017 Nals Margreid “Galea” Schiava (Alto-Adige, northern Italy)
You can order from Solera: A Shrine To Wine at our Roslindale campus. Solera is open for curbside pick-up Saturdays and Sundays right now. You can also order them from your favorite local wine shop. Do not be shy about getting comparable wines if you need to – there’s a ton of great equivalents out there that we can easily learn from too.
HOW ABOUT FOOD? Here are a few food pairing suggestions for each wine. Feel free to use this as a guide, come up with your own ideas and have fun with it all!
Beaujolais + Brie | Camembert | Roasted black grapes
Gaglioppo + Mushroom pâté | Smoked bluefish | Green olives
Schiava + Melon & prosciutto | Ricotta fresca | Grilled peaches with balsamic glaze
THREE WINE GLASSES & A WEBCAM You can go as big or as little as you like. Taste along with all three plus all the foods, pick one or two that sound especially good, or just tune in and learn about wine with whatever you have in your glass.
After you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and password for the tasting class. You’ll receive an email reminder a couple of days before, then a reminder an hour before class starts.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND “Red Wine For White Wine People” is an introductory course for beginners and enthusiasts. It assumes some exposure to wine but little or no formal wine knowledge. This program is appropriate for both consumers and professionals in all wine, food, hospitality and service industries.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Students will learn technical wine tasting, red wine grapes white wine people are going to love, wine and food pairing basics, and fundamentals of wine style. The emphasis is on providing an introduction to red wines, building wine vocabulary, and becoming fluent in expressing your own wine tastes.
PROGRAM FORMAT 1 hour online program
PROGRAM SYLLABUS (tentative) Seven “S” System Of Wine Tasting | Feeling Red Wine | Food Friendly
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Guests, students and certificate candidates must meet the legal minimum age for the retail purchase of alcoholic beverages in the country where the program is being held: 21 in the USA and China.
YOUR EDUCATOR
JONATHON ALSOP is founder & executive director of the Boston Wine School, author of The Wine Lover’s Devotional and In Vino Veritas, and a commentator for National Public Radio on WGBH | Boston Public Radio and Under The Radar.
He began writing about wine, food and travel in 1988 and emerged as a wine expert through his syndicated wine column. He has contributed numerous articles to the Associated Press, Frequent Flyer Magazine, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and many others.
Jonathon founded the Boston Wine School in 2000 where he teaches wine and food classes in a dedicated 100% snob-free zone. His new book Wine Life: A Collection Of Verses will be published in 2020.
TRUE TO TUSCANY Even if you don’t know anything about Italian wine – or just think you don’t – everybody knows Chianti, Tuscany’s signature red wine. For many wine lovers, Chianti and its main grape Sangiovese represent the epitome of Italian wine. In this overview class, you’ll learn technical wine tasting while experiencing a range of grapes, styles, and flavors. Learn what makes Tuscan wines so great and start speaking Sangiovese fluently.
#RESTAURANTSTRONG Thank you for tasting great wine for a great cause! Part of each ticket will go to benefit the #RestaurantStrong Fund supporting restaurant people across the country impacted by Covid-19 . And the wines you buy to taste along in class, all that goes right to your local wine shops.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS I’m going to open and teach these three wines.
2018 MaremmAlta “Micante” Vermentino (Maremma, southern Tuscany)
2017 MaremmAlta Morellino di Scansano (Maremma, southern Tuscany)
2016 Castello di Radda Chianti Classico (Radda, Chianti, central Tuscany)
You can order from Solera: A Shrine To Wine at our Roslindale campus. Solera is open for curbside pick-up Saturdays and Sundays right now. You can also order them from your favorite local wine shop. Do not be shy about getting comparable wines if you need to – there’s a ton of great equivalents out there that we can easily learn from too.
HOW ABOUT FOOD? Here are a few food pairing suggestions for each wine. Feel free to use this as a guide, come up with your own ideas and have fun with it all!
Vermentino + Goat’s milk cheese | Green olives | Steamed shrimp shumai
Morellino di Scansano + Mushroom pâté | Roast garlic | Pork & mushroom dumplings
Chianti Classico + Anything on the grill | Grana Padano (cow’s milk cheese) | Black olives
THREE WINE GLASSES & A WEBCAM You can go as big or as little as you like. Taste along with all three plus all the foods, pick one or two that sound especially good, or just tune in and learn about wine with whatever you have in your glass.
After you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and password for the tasting class. You’ll receive an email reminder a couple of days before, then a reminder an hour before class starts.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND “A Night In Tuscany” is an introductory course for beginners and enthusiasts. It assumes some exposure to wine but little or no formal wine knowledge. This program is appropriate for both consumers and professionals in all wine, food, hospitality and service industries.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Students will learn technical wine tasting, major wine grapes of Tuscany, wine and food pairing basics, and fundamentals of wine style. The emphasis is on providing an overview of Tuscan wines, building wine vocabulary, and becoming fluent in expressing your own wine tastes.
PROGRAM FORMAT 1 hour online program
PROGRAM SYLLABUS (tentative) Seven “S” System Of Wine Tasting | Sensing Sangiovese | Chianti With Class
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Guests, students and certificate candidates must meet the legal minimum age for the retail purchase of alcoholic beverages in the country where the program is being held: 21 in the USA and China.
YOUR EDUCATOR
JONATHON ALSOP is founder & executive director of the Boston Wine School, author of The Wine Lover’s Devotional and In Vino Veritas, and a commentator for National Public Radio on WGBH | Boston Public Radio and Under The Radar.
He began writing about wine, food and travel in 1988 and emerged as a wine expert through his syndicated wine column. He has contributed numerous articles to the Associated Press, Frequent Flyer Magazine, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and many others.
Jonathon founded the Boston Wine School in 2000 where he teaches wine and food classes in a dedicated 100% snob-free zone. His new book Wine Life: A Collection Of Verses will be published in 2020.
DISCOVERING NEW TASTES | For the true wine lover, life is a constant tasting of discovery. This is what the newcomer and the veteran wine lover have in common: the excitement of experiencing a new grape, or a new place, or a new style from anywhere around the world. In this class, we’re discovering Croatia’s signature red grape called Plavac Mali, a real tooth-blackening wine you’ll want to add to your repertoire. One of Plavac Mali’s genetic parents is a red grape we call Zinfandel, so it’s both delightfully familiar and new at the same time.
Get ready to learn new grapes and some new geography, but most importantly, you’re be tasting a unique world of wine styles for the very first time with great education and like-minded wine and food lovers.
#RESTAURANTSTRONG | Thank you for tasting great wine for a great cause! Part of each ticket will go to benefit the #RestaurantStrong Fund supporting restaurant people across the country impacted by Covid-19 . And the wines you buy to taste along in class, all that goes right to your local wine shops.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS | I’m going to open and teach these three wines:
2018 Vina Deak “Ćaća moj” Plavac Mali Rosé
2016 Terra Madre “Premium” Plavac Mali
2016 Komarna 7 Plavac Mali
You can order from Solera: A Shrine To Wine at our Roslindale campus. Solera is open for curbside pick-up Saturdays and Sundays right now.
You can also order online from the importer if that’s more convenient. Here are the links to the wines we’ll be tasting:
Vina Deak “Ćaća moj” Plavac Mali Rosé | Terra Madre “Premium” Plavac Mali | Komarna 7 Plavac Mali
HOW ABOUT FOOD? | Here are a few food pairing suggestions. Feel free to use this as a guide, come up with your own ideas and have fun with it all!
Cheese | Pecorino pepato (salty sheep’s milk cheese with whole peppercorns), Gorgonzola (cow’s milk blue), and Rogue Creamery Smokey Blue (smoked cow’s milk blue)
Meat | Soppressata, bison burgers, braised short ribs of beef, and lamb shanks
THREE WINE GLASSES & A WEBCAM | You can go as big or as little as you like. Taste along with all three plus all the foods, pick one or two that sound especially good, or just tune in and learn about Croatia with whatever you have in your glass.
After you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and password for the tasting class. You’ll receive an email reminder a couple of days before, then a reminder about an hour before class starts.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND | This is an introductory course for beginners and enthusiasts. It assumes some exposure to wine but little or no formal wine knowledge. This program is appropriate for both consumers and professionals in all wine, food, hospitality and service industries.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN | Students will learn technical wine tasting, major wine grapes, wine and food pairing basics, and fundamentals of wine style. The emphasis is on providing an overview of Plavac Mali and where it fits in the world of wine and wine tasting.
PROGRAM FORMAT | 1 hour online program
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS | Guests, students and certificate candidates must meet the legal minimum age for the retail purchase of alcoholic beverages in the country where the program is being held: 21 in the USA and China.
YOUR EDUCATOR | JONATHON ALSOP is founder & executive director of the Boston Wine School, author of The Wine Lover’s Devotional and In Vino Veritas, and a commentator for National Public Radio on WGBH | Boston Public Radio and Under The Radar.
He began writing about wine, food and travel in 1988 and emerged as a wine expert through his syndicated wine column. He has contributed numerous articles to the Associated Press, Frequent Flyer Magazine, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and many others.
Jonathon founded the Boston Wine School in 2000 where he teaches wine and food classes in a dedicated 100% snob-free zone. His new book Wine Life: A Collection Of Verses will be published in 2020.
MAKING THE PERFECT MATCH Wine and cheese have been together a long time – at least 8,000 years that we know of – and there’s a natural affinity. When you get the right wine together with the right cheese, the result is biochemical magic, a whole new world of flavors a thousand times greater than either one alone. This class will taste three wines plus three cheeses that represent the different ways wine and cheese pair up with each other. Get ready to experience combinations and flavors you’ve never tasted before.
#RESTAURANTSTRONG Thank you for tasting great wine for a great cause! Part of each ticket will go to benefit the #RestaurantStrong Fund supporting restaurant people across the country impacted by Covid-19 . And the wines you buy to taste along in class, all that goes right to your local wine shops.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS I’m going to open and teach these three wines with these three cheeses, which are readily available at Whole Foods, Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge & South End, Wassik’s in Wellesley and others.
2018 Cellier des Chartreux ‘Blue’ Sauvignon Blanc (Pujaut, southern Rhône , southern France, about $15) Bucheron Chèvre (Goat’s milk, Loire Valley, northwest France)
2017 Poppy Hill Pinot Noir (Carneros, California, USA, about $19) Comté (AKA Gruyère de Comté, cow’s milk, Franche-Comté, central France)
2018 Angels Tears Pinotage “Le Chocolat” (Western Cape, South Africa, about $15) Gorgonzola dolce (Cow’s milk blue, Gorgonzola, Milan, north-central Italy)
Order the wines from Solera: A Shrine To Wine at our Roslindale campus. Solera is open for curbside pick-up Saturdays and Sundays right now. You can also order them from your favorite local wine shop. Do not be shy about getting comparable wines if you need to – there’s a ton of great equivalents out there that we can easily learn from too.
THREE WINE GLASSES & A WEBCAM
You can do this as big or as little as you like. Taste along with all three plus all the cheeses, or pick one or two, or just tune in and learn with whatever you have in your refrigerator.
After you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and password for the tasting class. You’ll receive an email reminder a couple of days before, then a reminder an hour before class starts.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND “Wine, Cheese, And The Pursuit Of Happiness” is an introductory course for beginners and enthusiasts. It assumes some exposure to wine but little or no formal wine knowledge. This program is appropriate for both consumers and professionals in all wine, food, hospitality and service industries.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Students will learn technical wine tasting, major wine grapes, wine and food pairing basics, and fundamentals of wine style. The emphasis is on providing an overview of food and cheese pairing concepts that fit in the world of wine and wine tasting.
PROGRAM FORMAT 1 hour online program
PROGRAM SYLLABUS (tentative) Seven “S” System Of Wine Tasting | The Spectrum Of Wine | Jet Propulsion Pairings
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS Guests, students and certificate candidates must meet the legal minimum age for the retail purchase of alcoholic beverages in the country where the program is being held: 21 in the USA and China.
YOUR EDUCATOR
JONATHON ALSOP is founder & executive director of the Boston Wine School, author of The Wine Lover’s Devotional and In Vino Veritas, and a commentator for National Public Radio on WGBH | Boston Public Radio and Under The Radar.
He began writing about wine, food and travel in 1988 and emerged as a wine expert through his syndicated wine column. He has contributed numerous articles to the Associated Press, Frequent Flyer Magazine, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and many others.
Jonathon founded the Boston Wine School in 2000 where he teaches wine and food classes in a dedicated 100% snob-free zone. His new book Wine Life: A Collection Of Verses will be published in 2020.
DISCOVERING NEW TASTES | For the true wine lover, life is a constant tasting of discovery. This is what the newcomer and the veteran wine lover have in common: the excitement of experiencing a new grape, or a new place, or a new style from anywhere around the world. In this class, we’re discovering Croatia’s signature white grape called Pošip, a full-bodied, seafood ready wine that grows naturally right near the ocean, plus a pretty pink wine from a big red grape called Plavac Mali.
Get ready to learn new grapes and some new geography, but most importantly, you’re be tasting a unique world of wine styles for the very first time with great education and like-minded wine and food lovers.
#RESTAURANTSTRONG | Thank you for tasting great wine for a great cause! Part of each ticket will go to benefit the #RestaurantStrong Fund supporting restaurant people across the country impacted by Covid-19 . And the wines you buy to taste along in class, all that goes right to your local wine shops.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS | I’m going to open and teach these three wines:
2018 Terra Madre “Premium” Pošip
2018 Volarević “Syrtis” Pošip
2018 Volarević “La Chic!” Plavac Mali Rosé
You can order from Solera: A Shrine To Wine at our Roslindale campus. Solera is open for curbside pick-up Saturdays and Sundays right now.
You can also order online from the importer if that’s more convenient. Here are the links to the wines we’ll be tasting:
Terra Madre “Premium” Pošip | Volarević “Syrtis” Pošip | Volarević “La Chic!” Plavac Mali Rosé
HOW ABOUT FOOD? | Here are a few food pairing suggestions. Feel free to use this as a guide, come up with your own ideas and have fun with it all!
Cheese | Ricotta fresca (creamy cow’s milk cheese from northern Italy) and Chèvre (goat’s milk cheese)
Meat | Prosciutto, Jamón Serrano, Speck, other mild white meats
Seafood | Raw bar, flaky white fish, bluefish pâté
THREE WINE GLASSES & A WEBCAM | You can go as big or as little as you like. Taste along with all three plus all the foods, pick one or two that sound especially good, or just tune in and learn about Croatia with whatever you have in your glass.
After you sign up, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and password for the tasting class. You’ll receive an email reminder a couple of days before, then a reminder about an hour before class starts.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND | This is an introductory course for beginners and enthusiasts. It assumes some exposure to wine but little or no formal wine knowledge. This program is appropriate for both consumers and professionals in all wine, food, hospitality and service industries.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN | Students will learn technical wine tasting, major wine grapes, wine and food pairing basics, and fundamentals of wine style. The emphasis is on providing an overview of Croatian white wines and where they fit in the world of wine and wine tasting.
PROGRAM FORMAT | 1 hour online program
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS | Guests, students and certificate candidates must meet the legal minimum age for the retail purchase of alcoholic beverages in the country where the program is being held: 21 in the USA and China.
YOUR EDUCATOR | JONATHON ALSOP is founder & executive director of the Boston Wine School, author of The Wine Lover’s Devotional and In Vino Veritas, and a commentator for National Public Radio on WGBH | Boston Public Radio and Under The Radar.
He began writing about wine, food and travel in 1988 and emerged as a wine expert through his syndicated wine column. He has contributed numerous articles to the Associated Press, Frequent Flyer Magazine, La Vie Claire, Beverage Business Magazine, Mobil Travel Guides, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Boston Globe, and many others.
Jonathon founded the Boston Wine School in 2000 where he teaches wine and food classes in a dedicated 100% snob-free zone. His new book Wine Life: A Collection Of Verses will be published in 2020.
Great teachers don’t teach you what they know – they figure out what you need to learn, and then they teach you that.
We’ve always followed this philosophy at the Boston Wine School. Classes have always been small in number and intimate in style, and now you can have that same personal experience in a one-on-one Zoom setting. You have my undivided attention during a wine class designed by me especially for you.
Here’s how it works:
WHEN YOU REGISTER | Say something about what you want to learn and why, and suggest a few dates & times for your private wine class.
STEP ONE | You talk, I listen. We have a conversation about you, your wine and food tastes, what you want to learn, how you like to learn, and more.
STEP TWO | I create a list of wines and foods specially selected for your class. Then you go shopping!
STEP THREE | I develop your personal curriculum around what you want to learn, we set a date & time, then in your class , the fun and learning begin!
It’s pretty much that simple. We connect via Zoom live from my wine cellar, the place where I taught the very first Boston Wine School classes.
Any questions or ideas, please contact me and let me know. See you in class!
