Uncorked Wine School
Run by Colin Wills with able and experienced help from Quentin Sadler, the Uncorked Wine School has been operating quietly but busily for a number of years. We teach courses in our Bishopsgate shop, in the Bishopsgate Institute, in the New Moon in Leadenhall and for many companies around the City.Contact us on 020 7638 5998 or colin@uncorked.co.uk.
Spring term 2012
Introduction to Wine
Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30pm, eight sessions commencing Tuesday 07 February - 27 March 2012
Uncorked`s Bishopsgate shop
Presented by Quentin Sadler
£219 per person inc VAT
Including a comprehensive course manual, this course introduces you to tasting technique, growing grapes and making wine and takes you on a gallop around the world. You'll get to know the character of the main grape varieties and producing countries as well be entertained and enlightened by our tutors. We taste six wines per session.
Introduction to Wine
Mondays, 7:30-9:30pm, eight sessions commencing Monday 13 February - 2 April 2012
The New Moon, Leadenhall Market
Presented by Colin Wills
£219 per person inc VAT
Including a comprehensive course manual, this course introduces you to tasting technique, growing grapes and making wine and takes you on a gallop around the world. You'll get to know the character of the main grape varieties and producing countries as well be entertained and enlightened by our tutors. We taste six wines per session.
Wine Tasting
Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45pm, six sessions commencing Tuesday 10 January - Tuesday 14 February 2012
The Bishopsgate Institute
Presented by Colin Wills
£132 per person inc VAT
This course really does concentrate on tasting. Using five wines per session, we go deeply into texture, taste, aroma and flavour, including attempting to retrain your brain to access your smell memory bank and teaching you to taste like a pro. Learning to taste, to discriminate and to articulate your thoughts is now but a booking away. /CW
Ethical Wine
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00pm, four sessions commencing Wednesday 25 January - Wednesday 15 February 2012
The Bishopsgate Institute
Presented by Colin Wills
£132 per person inc VAT
In this course we shall taste five ethical wines each evening to illustrate some of the problems and solutions of wine production.
The course includes discussion, over wine, of the effects of the wine trade on the environment, the workers and the consumers themselves including:
- organic and sustainable farming
- environmentally friendly methods of transportation and packaging versus the need for brand visibility
- employment in the wine industry
- fair trade wines: What is fair trade in the industry? Who does it benefit? /CW
Wine Tasting
Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45pm, six sessions commencing Tuesday 28 February - 03 April 2012
The Bishopsgate Institute
Presented by Colin Wills
£132 per person inc VAT
This course really does concentrate on tasting. Using five wines per session, we go deeply into texture, taste, aroma and flavour, including attempting to retrain your brain to access your smell memory bank and teaching you to taste like a pro. Learning to taste, to discriminate and to articulate your thoughts is now but a booking away./CW
Chase the grape
Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00pm, six sessions commencing Wednesday 29 February - Wednesday 04 April 2012
The Bishopsgate Institute
Presented by Colin Wills
£132 per person inc VAT
Since the 60s, many people's understanding of wine has revolved around grape varieties. This six-week course is devoted to their study. Where do grapes come from? How and when have they travelled? What difference does where they are grown make to their taste? We will taste a range of grape varieties and aim to answer these questions. /CW
Courses held at the Bishopsgate Institute must be booked directly with them. Booking for the Summer term is open. I recommend you join their emailing list to be alerted on the morning the new prospectus is released as wine courses seem to fill rapidly. All other courses may be booked directly with Uncorked Ltd.