OK, well maybe not for science, but certainly for education. I’ve been following the Wine & Spirit Educational Trust – Level 2 wine tasting course for the past 6 weeks. The final exam was tonight. It was really interesting. Over 15 hours of theory and 45 guided wine tastings, we covered (among other things):
– How to taste and describe wine using the Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine(SAT)
– How environmental factors, grape-growing, winemaking and maturation options influence the style and quality of wines made from eight principal grape varieties.
– The style and quality of wines made from 22 regionally important grape varieties produced in over 70 geographical indications around the world, with key labelling terms used to indicate origin, style and quality.
I’m going to clean up my notes and link them here later, so that I have a handy reference card for future use :)
I should get my exam scores in about a month. Watch this space.
