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Beyond the Fruit

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

In this class we will be looking beyond the fruit flavors to learn how to improve our tasting skills based on observing how winemaking, climate, and quality impact the wine and its’ structure.

(8) All levels 21 and older
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Cheese and Wine Class 3: Female Leads for Mother's Day

The Wine Smarties @ 415 Laurel St, San Diego, CA

This epic love story has so many exciting plot twists. For example, Stilton and Port? Or Sancerre and Chevre?  In these classes you will learn how to create classic winning combinations while also venturing outside the box.  Let's have some fun! In honor of Mother's Day weekend, we are featuring cheese pairings lead by an all female cast!  Bring your favorite lady to this class!  

(8) All levels 21 and older
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Rose All Day

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

With Rose season upon us, we will be tasting 2 different Roses to determine if they are worthy of Rose all day.   This is a light-hearted but deep dive into the different styles of roses made around the world.  Classes are Located on Zoom online conference.  Link will be provided after enrolling. Recorded classes are provided if you cannot make the date and you can taste along with the class at the time that works for you....

(8) All levels 21 and older
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Wine 101: Tasting the Components of White Wines

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

This is the first of 5 classes designed to be taken together to help you improve your basic tasting ability. Becoming proficient at describing wine takes a solid understanding of the components of wine (acid, body, alcohol, flavor ripeness, texture, sweetness). This class is focused on defining these components while identifying them in the glass. In the end you will emerge with a solid understanding of how to taste wine and therefore better communicate...

(8) All levels 21 and older
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Components of White Wines 101

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

This class is designed to deepen your understanding and ability to taste white wines. There seems to be confusion among novice wine drinkers who are uninformed about the different styles of whites available in the world. In this class we will be tasting wines you may have never tried or even have heard of and teach you how to break down a white wine, assess it’s quality and age potential while trying 6 different whites. 

(8) Beginner 21 and older
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Blind Tasting Workshop: Taste For Quality

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

Assessment of quality can definitely connect you to a region, particularly in the old world. A simple fruity wine lacking oak can be connected to under $15 price point, helping you eliminate more presitigous regions around the world.  This class teaches you how to use quality cues to narrow your answer. We will be tasting wines over $100 and this class gives you an opportunity to try classed growths, grand crus and other top wines around the...

(8) All levels 21 and older
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Willamette vs Russian River Valley Pinot Noirs

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

Willamette vs Russian River Valley Pinot Noirs-Blind Tasting In this class we are going to explore top producers like Ted Lemon of Littorai, Domaine Drouhin, Cristom, and Williams Seylem blind. We will be nailing down our markers for the 2 regions AND tasting some of the top wines and producers in the region.

(8) All levels 21 and older
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$105
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Language of Wine Tasting Course

The Wine Smarties @ 13831 Danielson St, Poway, CA

Explore the intricate language of wine tasting and enhance your appreciation for this exciting beverage. Learn how to describe the flavors and characteristics of your favorite wines in a professional and sophisticated manner. Dive into the world of wine with The Wine Smarties.

(8) Beginner 21 and older
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Taste for Quality 101

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

In this class we will exploring how to perceive and correctly assess the quality of a wine from a professional deductive-reasoning perspective.  Come and be surprised! We will also be exploring how price weaves into the assessment, if at all.

(8) All levels 21 and older
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Understanding Texture in Wine

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

Mouthfeel, body, texture. You hear these terms thrown out, but what does it really mean?  In this class we will be tasting wines of varying styles to clarify this very important aspect to tasting wine.

(8) All levels 21 and older
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The New California

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

In this class we will be exploring hot trends and new styles and deciding what we think the new direction of California wines is and will be.  This will be a fun class where we taste iconic producers and modernists alike. 

(8) All levels 21 and older
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Blind Taste Smarter Series

The Wine Smarties @ 415 Laurel St, San Diego, CA

This 3-class course is designed for student who has experience blind tasting, knows the world of wine pretty well, and can write an accurate tasting note. This is the next phase to mastering blind tasting: knowing your regions and recognizing them in a blind. This can take years of effort to become good at and is a process, but I am offering tips and tools in this course to speed up your learning curve! Not only will we be blind tasting to ID wine...

(8) Advanced 21 and older
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Components of Red Wines 101

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

Similar to the components of white class, we will be breaking down red wines to dial down our understanding of tannins, acidity, body, alcohol, the use of oak and how the assess overall quality and flavor complexity. 

(8) Beginner 21 and older
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Blind Tasting Series 2: Easily Confused Regions

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This is a comparative blind tasting of 6 wines (reds and whites) to help students gain markers for regions that can be easily confused with each other.  This is an Advanced tasting class for more experienced tasters.

(8) Advanced 21 and older
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Blind Tasting Series 3: Dialing in on Acid, and Tannin

The Wine Smarties @ 9550 Waples St, San Diego, CA

This is a comparative blind tasting of 6 wines (reds and whites) to help students improve their ability in making acid and tannin  calls. We will be tasting different levels of each in wines to help you improve your accuracy.

(8) Advanced 21 and older
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Spanish Wine Scholar Certification Program (SWS)

The Wine Smarties

The Spanish Wine Scholar™ education program is the most advanced and comprehensive certification course on the wines of Spain. The syllabus takes a regional approach and discusses all Spanish wine appellations and the factors that shape their identities. The Spanish Wine Scholar study and certification program confers a post-nominal to wine professionals and enthusiasts who successfully pass the certification exam. With a school network encompassing...

(8) All levels 21 and older
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Blind Tasting White Wine: Italy

The Wine Smarties @ Zoom online conference, San Diego, CA

The world of Italian whites! This can be very tricky. What are those markers to help you figure out if it’s from the North, Central or the South? How do you get to Italy as a whole?

(8) Advanced 21 and older
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