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Discovering Wine Tasting Tuscan Week
With the collaboration of the Associazione Italiana Sommelier and Professional AIS Speakers (AIS)
Wine Tasting Technique Basics |
Wine Tasting and Italian Native Grape Variety Wines |
Food and Wine Combinations |
- Wine tasting techniques: ‘Sight’, ‘Aromas’, ‘Taste’ and descriptive evaluations.
- Viticulture: Terrain, Vineyards, Grapes and Climatic influences/ Enology: Production of Wine and its Components
- Italian Wines and Wines in the World
- Food-Wine Combinations / Serving Techniques
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- Wine tasting techniques: ‘Sight’, ‘Aromas’, ‘Taste’ and descriptive evaluations.
- Indepth evaluation of italian Enograph and Native Grape Varietis
- Viticulture and climate influences for each variety discussed.
- Regional Food and Wine Combinations
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- Wine tasting techniques: ‘Sight’, ‘Aromas’, ‘Taste’ and descriptive evaluations.
- Food and Wine Combinations
- 2 – 3 Cooking Classes
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Course specifics:
- Wine tasting techniques: ‘Sight’, ‘Aromas’, ‘Taste’ and descriptive evaluations.
- Viticulture: Terrain, Vineyards, Grapes and Climatic influences/ Enology: Production of Wine and its Components
- Italian Wines and Wines in the World
- Food-Wine Combinations / Serving Techniques
| Saturday |
Arrival – Free Afternoon* and Orientation |
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| Sunday |
Free Day all day* |
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| Monday** |
Morning 1st lesson
Afternoon winery visit |
9:30-12-30
16:00 –19:00 |
| Tuesday** |
Morning 2nd lesson
Afternoon winery visit |
9:30-12-30
16:00 –19:00 |
| Wednesday |
Free Day all day* |
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| Thursday** |
Morning 3rd lesson
Afternoon winery visit
-Cooking class |
9:30-12-30
16:00 –19:00
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| Friday** |
Morning 4th lesson
Afternoon winery visit |
9:30-12-30
16:00 –19:00 |
| Saturday |
Morning Departure |
The following is a more descriptive itinerary.
Saturday – Arrival day to your accommodations. Take a walk and explore. Evening Welcome Appetizer and Dinner.
Sunday - Your first day in Siena is a free day. We’ll organize a guided visit of Siena, so that we can feel and learn its history followed by lunch. In the afternoon we will take you through the majestic countryside to visit other wonders that gothic and renaissance artists have left behind. Dinner.
Monday – Lessons begin. We’ll start with discussions on wine tasting criteria. Teach the basics in recognizing quality color, scents, aromas, flavor and how to individualize separate textures in wine. We can discuss our first lesson further over a delicious Tuscan lunch. In the afternoon we’ll make our first winery visit in the Chianti area. Dinner.
Tuesday – Our second lesson discussion will be about what’s behind wine-making: wine history, terrain, climate factors, grape types and cellar activity. We’ll finish our lesson with a refreshing walk in a vineyard to see and feel the elements of the grape, followed by lunch and wine tasting. In the afternoon we’ll go explore the historic cellars of Montelpulciano and the Nobile Wine plus a pecorino cheese tasting in Pienza. Dinner.
Wednesday – This day is set a side to be a free day. You can choose to stay as a group or act individually. You can simply relax, take walks, site see, tour, enjoy a bike tour, horseback ride visit neighboring towns…etc.
Thursday – Our third lesson will look at some elementary ideas behind food and wine pairing. It will prepare us for a critical analysis of our lunch and wine tasting. It will also help us look at our afternoon cooking lesson from a different perspective. It’s not just the food, but the harmony of the ingredients and wine that pairs with it. Scrumptious dinner.
Friday – Our last lesson will explore further into grape varieties and the differences they offer. We will look at many of the Italian native grapes and their wines. Any last questions or comments? Lunch and relax. Our last lesson day will take us to historic Montalcino where the infamous Brunello wine is from. If time permits us, we’ll take anther side trip to visit an oil press and taste oils, taste chocolates or even taste the classical Sienese sweet panforte. Farewell dinner.
Saturday – Departure day – hope you enjoyed yourselves!
* Look at Free Day / Time activity options
** Accompanied by AIS professionals
Additional Notes:
- The course will be taught by an Associazione Italiana Sommelier professional (AIS) Italian Sommelier Association
- English language course books included in fee.
- One Year membership with the AIS and 4 issues of ‘Toscana’ Sommelier Magazine, in Italian and English
whether for the...
love of wine,
hunger for knowledge,
desire for passion,
inspiration of art, ….
... learning more
about a good glass of wine
and about what goes into it
... learning to recognize...
the sights
the aromas
the flavors
...appreciating and evaluating,
...this is wine-tasting.
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