Local Wine Events

Event ID #220141

Event Details

he New World covers all of those countries “discovered” after 1492. This is because wine is a Eurocentric invention and was not consumed in any New World country until the Europeans arrived. There is one exception: the “Nuevo-New World.” An in-depth knowledge of New World wine is critical to the wine professional and serious wine student.

This is a required course for the Level III Certification. If you would like to take a detailed, technical course on New World wine you can take this course without being a Level III student. However, we strongly recommend that you first take the Guild Certification Seminar before attempting a Level III regional course.

This course covers the following New World Countries:

United States

Canada

Mexico

Australia

New Zealand

Chile

Argentina

Uruguay and the rest of South America

China and the far east (the “Neuvo-New World”}

South Africa

You will also learn about:

Geography and climate

Wine production techniques

How to use vintage data, by region or country

Wine character data, by appellation

You will receive more than 600 pages of material, specifically designed for this course and taste about 100 wines

The 1-week intensive study course meets from 8:30AM to 5:30PM daily, Monday through Friday, October 26th through the 30th, 2009, for a total of 44 contact hours. Cost of the course includes registration fees, handouts, wine, lunch each day and instruction. We taste older vintage wines in this course. There is no difference in course content and instruction between the 11-week and 1-week courses.