Any fine establishment wishing to enhance their knowledge and position in the
marketplace by elevating their wine service concept will benefit from The Vintage
Advantage offering.

By demystifying the subject of wine, this offering can be enjoyed by people on every
level of understanding; Organizations, wineries, non-profits, private individuals or
anyone else interested in learning how to select wine or host a wine and food pairing event.

In short, The Vintage Advantage teaches you how to select wine intelligently, suggest it
diplomatically, serve it beautifully, and store it correctly. This course is a must for
anyone who lacks these critical skills.

• Understanding Wine
  • Tasting wine
    • Proper way to taste wine
    • Examining color
    • Aroma
    • Character
    • How to dissect a wine for its proper use
  • Proper wine service
    • Opening a bottle
    • Proper pouring of wine
    • Proper temperature of wine
    • Proper stemware
    • Decanting wine
• Proper storage of wine
  • Setting up a wine cellar
  • Proper way to lay a wine down
  • Proper cellar conditions
  • Proper age of different wines
• Art and Science of Wine and Food Pairing Made Easy
  • Pairing wine and food properly
    • Chemistry of the wine
    • Three part formula for pairing wine and foods
    • How to identify and utilize the different characteristics of wine
    • Wine progression during the meal
    • The enemies of wine
    • Cooking with wine
    • Wine and desserts
• Planning Wine Events
  • Theme
    • Fundraising
    • Entertainment
    • Corporate and formal events
• Menu selection
  • Full dinner menu
  • Light hors d’oeuvres
  • Desserts
• Wine list creation
  • Regional
  • National
  • International