Course One: Preparing the Palate

Many people who drink wine regularly misidentify sensations created by the palate and nose. At this level we will retrain the sense of sight, smell, taste and touch and familiarize ourselves with the strange sensations of fermented grape juice. We will explore what creates a wine's basic identity and how that identity is created through viticulture and vinification. The class will end with a component evaluation of six wines which will be used to build a sensual data base to define grape varieties in the next class.