Wine Wisdom

• Understanding Wines
  • Tasting wines
    • Proper way to taste wine
    • Examining color
• Aroma or bouquet
• Character
• How to dissect a wine for its proper use
• Proper wine service
  • Opening a bottle
  • Proper pouring of wine
  • Proper temperature
  • Proper stemware
• Proper storage of wines
  • Proper way to lay a wine down
  • Proper cellar conditions
  • Proper age of different wines

Wine and Food Pairing

• Art and Science of Wine and Food Pairing
  • 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

• Setting Up a Wine and Food Paring Event
  • Theme
    • Fundraising
    • Entertainment
    • Corporate and formal events
  • Menu selection
    • Full dinner menu
    • Light hor's devoures
    • Desserts
  • Wine list creation
    • Regional
    • National
    • International