Understanding Wine: A Totally Approachable Guide To Wine 101

An Accessible, Fun, and Unpretentious Guide to the Basics of Wine - Presented by Sommelier Susan Connolly

What you'll learn
1. The most common questions in the world of wine answered!
2. Be wine confident – increase your confidence when picking wine in restaurants, markets, and for your next dinner party with my secret to reading wine labels
3. Easy and insightful tips for delicious food and wine pairings – including food and wine wow moments!
4. Learn how wine is made and how the environment impacts what’s in your glass
5. Learn how to order wine in a restaurant – how to look for great quality and value
Requirements
No previous wine knowledge required
It’s recommended you taste some of the wines discussed as you take the course. Tasting as you learn will only enhance your understanding - it all starts with you, the wine drinker!
Description
Do you want to learn more about wine in a way that’s genuinely helpful? This course is for you.Great course! The instructor is very knowledgeable and provided the class with history as well as taught us how to experience wine. We were able to review our knowledge as we tasted various wines. It was an awesome experience! I would love to take another course led by Susan! -Dr. Julia Chibbaro, Ph.D. Professor of Counselor Education – in-person student (UWG) in “Wine 101-Basics and Beyond”My husband and I took Susan’s wine course and liked it so much we took a second one. We learned about how different regions make their wines and how that affects the taste and quality of the wines. In the second course, we learned how to pair food with certain wines.We thoroughly enjoyed Susan’s class and style of teaching. Now we have knowledge about wine that we use on a regular basis. I highly recommend this class not only for the information one can learn but for the festive atmosphere Susan creates. It is definitely time well spent! – Megan Wooten, in-person student at The University of West GeorgiaThis is a down-to-earth, informative, and fun course on understanding wine. What will we cover?· The most common questions in the world of wine answered!· The building blocks of all wines and what they mean· Get wine confident - how to buy, store, serve, and enjoy wine!· What makes great wine great and definitions of the words most often used to describe wine· Tips on correct serving temperature and glassware· Tannin in wine· The importance of terroir in wine· Champagne  - bubbles explained!· An oak barrel’s effect on flavor· What makes different wines taste the way they do?· Matching food and wine in a three-part lecture. If you love food and wine experiences, you’ll love this!· How to order wine in a restaurant – learn how to look for great quality and value· How to open a bottle of wine – including advice on the only wine opener you’ll ever needHow is the course structured?· Informative video lectures in the form of infographics, illustrations, music, and talking head clips.· It’s structured to be informative, encouraging, and fun. Even more so with wine!· Take this course with a friend! Also, please message me with any questions you’d like me to answer.Make sure to check out the lectures marked as Free Previews!Enjoy!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: What makes different wines tastes the way they do?

Lecture 2 What contributes to different wines tasting the way they do?

Lecture 3 The art of making red vs white wine

Lecture 4 Old World vs New World Wine

Lecture 5 Characteristics of great wine and words used to describe them

Section 3: What is Terroir in Wine?

Lecture 6 terroir

Section 4: Dryness, Sweetness, and Tannin in Wine

Lecture 7 dryness, sweetness and tannin in wine

Section 5: Food and Wine

Lecture 8 Food and Wine Pairing Basics

Lecture 9 Food and Wine - Part 2

Lecture 10 Food and Wine Part 2 - Recap

Lecture 11 Food and Wine Part 3 - "WOW" Moments

Section 6: The Basics of Ordering Wine in a Restaurant

Lecture 12 Ordering Wine in a Restaurant

Lecture 13 How to Order Wine from a Wine List in a Restaurant

Lecture 14 More Wine List Tips - How to look for Great Quality and Value

Section 7: The Secret to Reading Wine Labels

Lecture 15 The Secret to Reading Wine Labels

Section 8: Aerating and Decanting Wine

Lecture 16 When to Aerate or Decant Wine

Lecture 17 The best glassware to aerate your wine

Section 9: Wine Preservation - Properly Store Wine

Lecture 18 How to Properly Store Wine

Section 10: How to Open a Bottle of Wine

Lecture 19 How to open a bottle of wine and what to use

Lecture 20 Visual on how to open a bottle of wine

Section 11: Champagne

Lecture 21 Champagne

Section 12: Conclusion

Lecture 22 Conclusion

People who want to learn more about wine. (No previous knowledge necessary),Beginners and intermediate wine drinkers who need a solid foundation to build upon.,Those who get stressed out at the thought of having to buy wine for a dinner party.,Professionals who want to feel at ease when dining with clients,Those who work in hospitality looking to increase their overall professional experience.,Individuals and small groups who want to take their food and wine experiences to the next level.,People who’ve heard the terms “tannin”, “balance”, “oxidized” and “structured”, and wondered what they meant.