How are Sommeliers and Wine Experts able to identify a wine’s grape variety and region of origin, blind? A lotta, lotta practice—and a strategic plan of attack! In this sensory evaluation class, we’ll employ the Strategic Approach to Tasting grid as penned by the Wine & Spirits Education Trust, the educational body associated with the Institute of Masters of Wine (MW) program. We’ll taste several wines together, “hitting our boxes,” and on the final wine, we’ll assess individually and see how we fare!

Things to note:

• One week cancellation policy

• We’re within two blocks of both the Main Street Metra and Main Street “L”

• Please eat prior—we’ll taste through 6-7 wines in the class, and you don’t want to taste on an empty stomach