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BASIC TRAINING
WINE TASTING COURSE
CONSUMERS and TRADE
BASIC TRAINING provides you with the tools to
taste and communicate the experience.
Sensory-based, this is a taste first format.
All wines are tasted blind.
Wednesdays 6:00-8:30pm
February 04th, 2009
Through
February 25th, 2009
@
The LIBERTY WINE CELLAR CAMPUS
100-291 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver B.C.
COURSE OUTLINE
Day One
The TASTING MACHINE
THRESHOLDS of PERCEPTION
BALANCING ACT
Day Two
WINE SHAPES / STÉRÉOGUSTATION
The CORK…A BOTTLE’S HISTORY
WINE FAULTS? NOT YOUR FAULT
Day Three
WELL FORTIFIED
THROUGH The FLOR
WHEN TALKING ABOUT WINE
Day Four
KEEP YOUR CONCENTRATION
ODE to BOTRYTIS
CONCLUSIONS
$295.00 + GST
Format: Sit Down, Workshop
Materials: Provided
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FÜNK&CRÜVIN
“I am Riesling…hear me Ruwer”
GERMAN RIESLING SEMINAR
Pick the Location, Date & Time
Course Duration 2.75 hours
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MASTER OF YOUR
OWN CHAMPAGNE
BRUT, SEKTS and DEMI-SECS
WHAT POPS YOUR CORK?
Pick the Location, Date & Time
Course Duration 2.75 hours
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SANGIO-CRAZY
A Toga Flippin? Tasting of Sangiovese
SIP YOURSELF INTO A FIRENZE
IT?S A STATE OF WINE
TASTING OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
TUSCAN TREASURE
CHIANTI NORMALE
CHIANTI RUFINA
CHIANTI CLASSICO
RISERVA
MORELLINO di SCANSANO
CARMIGNANO
VINO NOBILE di MONTEPULCIANO
BRUNELLO di MONTALCINO
SUPER TUSCAN
ITALIAN STALLION?
Dates: Pick Your Date
Time: Pick a Time
Location: Your Place or Ours
Total Time: 1.75 hours
Class Size: Sixteen
Format: Sit Down Guided
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SABRAGE
ACADEMIE The act of opening a bottle of Champagne with a
sabre.
Master the technique in Napoleonic tradition.
Become a sabreur!
Pick the Location, Date
& Time
Course Duration 2.75 hours
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Ty the Wine Guy @ Liberty Wine School
How to Register: call Tyler at 604.925.3663
tythewineguy@telus.net
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PORT STORM
Captain your
own sip!
COURSE OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
PORT BASICS
WHITE
TAWNY
COLHEITA
RUBY
VINTAGE CHARACTER
CRUSTED
LODGE RESERVE
LATE BOTTLED VINTAGE
SINGLE QUINTA
VINTAGE
Dates: Choose
a Date
Times: Pick the Time
Location: Your Place or Ours
Total Time: 2.75 hours
Class Size: Sixteen
Group Rate: $900
+ GST
Format: Seminar Seated
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SAKÉ
SIMPLETASTING TUTORIAL of PREMIUM SAKÉ
Experience all special types of Saké
Pick the Location, Date & Time
Course Duration 2.75 hours
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WINE FAULT
WORKSHOP
A tasting tutorial of bad wines.
Experience and explore the most frequently encountered
wine maladies.
IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT!
COURSE OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
WINE AND OUR EXPECTATIONS
CORK TAINT
ETHYL ACETATE
ACETALALDEHYDE
MERCAPTANS
BRETTANOMYCES
REFERMENTATION
SULPHUR
HEAT DAMAGE
CONCLUSIONS?
LIFE IS TOO SHORT!
Dates: Choose a Date
Times: Pick the Time
Location: Wine Cellar Campus
291 E. 2nd Avenue, Vancouver
Or provide your own venue
Total Time: 3 hours
Class Size: Sixteen
Format: Sit Down, Tutored
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JEREZ CORRUPTION
A SHERRY SEMINAR
A tasting tutorial of a most complex wine.
Experience and explore the production methods
and resulting tastes of this fascinating drink.
COURSE OUTLINE INTRODUCTION
SHERRY AND OUR EXPECTATIONS
ALMACENISTA FASHIONISTA?
Pick the Location, Date & Time
Course Duration 2.5 hours
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SHELF TALKER WORKSHOP
Selling something?
UNLEASH the Silent Sales Force!
The design, construction, language and use of attention
getters:
Shelf Flags, Table Talkers, Neck Tags, Danglers and
Starbursts.
Course Duration 2.5 hours
Format: Sit Down, Workshop
Materials: Provided
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FRENCH FOREIGN REGIONSBEHIND
THE FRONT WINES
The Fighting Wines of France
DRINK or THIRST
Course Duration 1.75 hours
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WINE SCHOOL PRO
Merchandising
Magic
COURSE OUTLINE INCLUDES
INTRODUCTION TO BC RETAIL
“RETAIL IS DETAIL”
Make your floor work for you!
For all LRS, RAS, VQA
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FRENCH POP CLASSICS
GREAT APPELLATION TOUR
Discovery tasting of celebrated
places famous for their wine
TASTING OUTLINE INTRODUCTION
FRENCH BASICS
Pick the Location, Date & Time
Course Duration 1.75 hours
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Tyler Dawson aka "Ty
The Wine Guy" It is only natural to have Tyler as our
lead instructor at the Liberty Wine School. Tyler has
an infectious enthusiasm for communicating all things
wine and he does so with a deep understanding of the
subject. Tyler is also the author of "What's up
d'Oc", quick reference/ guide to the Languedoc
and Roussillon and "Saké Simple", quick
reference/ guide to Saké.
When it comes to merchandising, purchasing, store operations,
marketing, client interaction and serious product knowledge,
Tyler is a WINE PRO! Tyler has been with Liberty Wine
Merchants Ltd. since 1992 as the Park Royal Store Manager.
Prior to his tenure with Liberty, Tyler spent six years
in Special Events and Catering, Industrial Bar Management
and fine dining cellar-man; and founded the Victoria Wine
Academy.
How to Register:
To register, please e-mail: tythewineguy@telus.net
or phone: 604-925-3663.
Registration requires payment in full. Class sizes are limited. Full refund of The Basic Wine Course requires 7 days
cancellation notice. If registered for a Single Day Seminar.
72 hours cancellation notice is required for a class
credit.
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