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Beyond the Fruit
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA
In this class we will be looking beyond the fruit flavors to learn how to improve our tasting skills based on observing how winemaking, climate, and quality impact the wine and its’ structure.
Cheese and Wine Class 3: Female Leads for Mother's Day
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA
This epic love story has so many exciting plot twists. For example, Stilton and Port? Or Sancerre and Chevre? In these classes you will learn how to create classic winning combinations while also venturing outside the box. Let's have some fun! In honor of Mother's Day weekend, we are featuring cheese pairings lead by an all female cast! Bring your favorite lady to this class!
Wine 101: Tasting the Components of White Wines
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA
This is the first of 5 classes designed to be taken together to help you improve your basic tasting ability. Becoming proficient at describing wine takes a solid understanding of the components of wine (acid, body, alcohol, flavor ripeness, texture, sweetness). This class is focused on defining these components while identifying them in the glass. In the end you will emerge with a solid understanding of how to taste wine and therefore better communicate...
Components of White Wines 101
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA
This class is designed to deepen your understanding and ability to taste white wines. There seems to be confusion among novice wine drinkers who are uninformed about the different styles of whites available in the world. In this class we will be tasting wines you may have never tried or even have heard of and teach you how to break down a white wine, assess it’s quality and age potential while trying 6 different whites.
Language of Wine Tasting Course
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 13831 Danielson St, Poway, CA
Explore the intricate language of wine tasting and enhance your appreciation for this exciting beverage. Learn how to describe the flavors and characteristics of your favorite wines in a professional and sophisticated manner. Dive into the world of wine with The Wine Smarties.
Taste for Quality 101
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA
In this class we will exploring how to perceive and correctly assess the quality of a wine from a professional deductive-reasoning perspective. Come and be surprised! We will also be exploring how price weaves into the assessment, if at all.
The New California
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA
In this class we will be exploring hot trends and new styles and deciding what we think the new direction of California wines is and will be. This will be a fun class where we taste iconic producers and modernists alike.
Blind Taste Smarter Series
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 415 Laurel St, San Diego, CA
This 3-class course is designed for student who has experience blind tasting, knows the world of wine pretty well, and can write an accurate tasting note. This is the next phase to mastering blind tasting: knowing your regions and recognizing them in a blind. This can take years of effort to become good at and is a process, but I am offering tips and tools in this course to speed up your learning curve! Not only will we be blind tasting to ID wine...
Rose All Day
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA
With Rose season upon us, we will be tasting 2 different Roses to determine if they are worthy of Rose all day. This is a light-hearted but deep dive into the different styles of roses made around the world. Classes are Located on Zoom online conference. Link will be provided after enrolling. Recorded classes are provided if you cannot make the date and you can taste along with the class at the time that works for you....
Components of Red Wines 101
The Wine Smarties See all classes by this school @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA
Similar to the components of white class, we will be breaking down red wines to dial down our understanding of tannins, acidity, body, alcohol, the use of oak and how the assess overall quality and flavor complexity.
Reviews of The Wine Smarties
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Language of Wine Online Tasting: White Wine Intensive
Great wines and Lindsey was super knowledgeable and interesting and encouraged participation. Highly recommend. -
Components of White Wines 101
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Beyond the Fruit
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Language of Wine Online Tasting: White Wine Intensive
Lindsay was fantastic. She is so passionate about what she teaches. Can’t wait to take more classes with her. -
Cheese and Wine Class 3: Female Leads for Mother's Day
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Cheese and Wine Class 3: Female Leads for Mother's Day
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French Wine Scholar Certification Program (FWS)
The FWS Program is a very in-depth serious program for the wine professional or enthusiast. There is no other program like it and attaining the qualification should be a highly recognized achievement -
French Wine Scholar Certification Program (FWS)
If you are a professional in the wine business looking to enhance your career, this is the program for you. Great instructors, easy-to-follow study guide and 24-hour internet access. -
French Wine Scholar Certification Program (FWS)
The program is excellent. It differs in format from many classes taught in that there is a real effort to give context to the regions through discussion of history as well as soils, topography, climate and grapes from each region. The class is not producer driven, but is terroir driven, and teaches students about France as a whole as well as the specific regions. -
Wine 101: Tasting the Components of White Wines
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Wine 101: Tasting the Components of White Wines