by admin | Oct 22, 2025 | Blog
Blind tasting exams require students to examine a set of wines in detail and describe the appearance, nose, and palate of each wine being tasted, either verbally or in written form. Students then use these descriptions to make a conclusion about the wine that includes...
by admin | Aug 13, 2025 | Blog
The other night at dinner I opened a bottle of 2024 Blaauwklippen Sauvignon Blanc from Stellenbosch, South Africa. I’d never tasted the wine before. Within seconds of putting my nose in the glass, I was inundated by the matchstick notes of sulfur, to the extent that I...
by admin | Mar 13, 2024 | Blog
“Wine is complicated. Almost impossibly so.” Jamie Goode from his book, Flawless: Understanding Wine Faults Unless you’re a winemaker or chemist, there’s a lot we take for granted about wine. At the very least, you can buy a random bottle off the shelf and odds are it...
