One Day Introduction to Wine Course, Bath

This fun, hands-on Saturday wine course has been specially geared to broaden your knowledge of the world of wine, boost your confidence and most importantly increase your enjoyment of wine and wine tasting.

The wine course is suitable for absolutely anyone who enjoys wine and wants to learn more about it, with no previous experience necessary! We aim for you to leave this wine course with increased knowledge and confidence that we hope will inspire you to try new and interesting wines and make better-informed buying decisions in future.

Two tasting and educational sessions will be split with a delicious two-course lunch in the fantastic restaurant of Bath’s luxury boutique hotel, The Bird. 

Over the day together we’ll sample 12 quality wines from around the world, ‘blind’ tasting as we go to help focus on the contents of the glass without pre-judgement of your favourite grape, style or region. 

The course will include and cover the fundamentals of:

• How to taste, assess and describe wine like a professional

• Buying and ordering wine in retail and hospitality settings

• Wine faults, and how to spot them

• How to understand wine labels & select wine more confidently

• Classic grape varieties and major wine producing regions of the world

• The impact of climate and production techniques on wine style

• Old World Vs. New World - what does it mean? What are the differences?

• Food & wine matching  potential for different wine styles

• Storing and serving wine, including tips on when to drink and when to keep, wine tools, glassware and decanting

• Ageing potential - and plenty more besides...

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT THIS COURSE...

"I'd always viewed wine tastings as fairly stuffy, pretentious affairs - where I was made to feel out of my depth. My Bristol Wine School experience was completely different. Our host for the day was approachable, knowledgeable, friendly and enthusiastic. From the outset it was clear that the course catered for all. The small group atmosphere was relaxed and meant that we were free to ask questions and get a real, broad understanding of the different wines and where they came from... I will definitely be recommending this to friends!" 

"Some much deserved and extremely positive feedback on the excellent one day wine tasting course at Great Western Wine. Our tutors natural style was engaging, informative, enthusiastic and infectious (in a great way). The pace of the day was just right. Samples were generous, opinions were honest, and the food matching was particularly well planned and thought through. All in all we had great fun, tasted some fantastic wines all in the company of like-minded individuals and a real expert - thank you!"

this course makes a perfect gift! 

You will be given an option to select your purchase as a gift in our checkout area, we will then send you a gift certificate by email to present to your guest.

Should the date be unsuitable, your guest can change the date booked to another course provided we have a minimum of 10 working days notice before the course.

Please note: Places are limited and early booking is strongly advised.