Classes
Wine Appreciation
An introductory wine appreciation series offered as four, one-and-a-half hour tasting courses. Session one reviews the basic elements of wine and discusses how to taste wine, including tasting 4-6 wines to illustrate concepts. Session two discusses winemaking practices, new world–old world wine styles with focused tasting of sauvignon blancs and chardonnays. Session three continues contrasting old world and new world styles by tasting pinot noirs and cabernets. The last meeting covers different vinification techniques for champagne and sparkling wines, with the happy task of tasting across a range of sparklers. With any remaining time, we discuss food and wine pairing.
Course includes
- a course book
- a white and red wine glass
- lots of tasting during our time together
Fee: $130 Limited to 10 participants
Dates: Next class will be offered in the Fall
Led by: Marty Ramsburg and Winthrop Pennock
Call or email Windham Wines to reserve your space.
Coffee Appreciation
Mark Nunciata and Brian Pierce of Mocha Joe's. Mark and Brian have constructed a 4-part series covering everything from crop to cup, including regional variations in tastes among Central American, African, Pacific and other coffees, roasting choices (along with a field trip to MJ's and Brian firing up the roaster to show us differences), brewing methods, and coffee politics. A $40 fee covers lots of tasting and compensates Mark and Brian a bit for their efforts.
Fee: $40 for all three sessions. Limited to 12 participants.
Dates: TBA
Led by: Mark Nunciata of Mocha Joes, in collaboration with head roaster, Brian Pierce, who will guide us through the intricacies of the coffee–guru world.
Call or email Windham Wines to reserve your space.
Beer Appreciation
Beer maven, Travis Miller will take us through sensory evaluation, the brewing process and differences variations in yeasts and malts make, an overview of beer styles, and matching beer with food. Included in the fee is the late Michael Jackson's seminal book on beer (new edition due in October).
Fee: $65. Limited to 12 participants.
Dates: TBA
Led by: Travis Miller
Call or email Windham Wines to reserve your space.