How to Taste like a Somm
The Mindful Wine Tasting Guide
Welcome to your wine course. There are 3 modules in this course. Expect reading, some videos to watch, and ‘wine work’ means homework, is the work to do at home on your own.
Be sure to start at the top and move through each lesson, one at a time.
This self-guided wine course gives the context to why the professionals taste (and blind taste!), what the goal is for tasting wine often, and how to speak the universal language of wine. Expect to calibrate your palate by focusing on sensory and tasting. Be ready to commit to the tasting practice as well as the mindful practices. Presence, awareness and a keen eye for what high quality wines taste like.
While this course is fundamental to learning how to assess a wine’s structure, nuance and quality level, this is not a wine 101 course. What is not included is the fundamental and key factors of cause and effect in terms of grape growing, climate factors and winemaking. Click here for the suggested wine book list for books to purchase to study wine theory during and after this course.
The tools you will need for success are an open mind, a journal, a willingness to carve some time and dedication. It is designed for at least 30 days of practice but you will have lifetime access to the course content. Feel free to return anytime!
Salud!
Let’s dive in.
Modules
Mindfulness Matters
Mindfulness is the key to focus, unlocking sensory and overall loving a calm life. Mindfulness is the open-hearted awareness that studying wine (& being painfully human) brings. Take this as your invitation to live your life in awe and loving presence.
Lessons
How to Taste
Get knowledgeable about tasting grids, the descriptors and upgrade your sensory library. Learn the aspects on the appearance, aromas and palate of any given wine. Understand the flavors, textures and complexities of what makes a great wine great. Get ready to calibrate your palate and have fun!
Lessons
Quality & Age-Worthiness
Deciding if a wine is going to age well and get better in the bottle is the true 'unagi' of a wine expert. The goal is to determine is the wine is worth the price and if the style of the wine is aligned with what their guests are looking for. How long should we age our wines? Million dollar question!