Intro to Washington Wine is a welcoming, no-pressure introduction to what makes Washington State such a standout wine producer. We’ll break down the basics — climate, geography, and grapes — in a way that makes Washington wine easier to recognize, order, and enjoy.
Washington is one of the most dynamic wine regions in the country — and also one of the most misunderstood. At the 201 level, it’s time to move beyond generalizations and explore how Washington wine actually works.
This 301-level class is a deep dive into why Walla Walla works, and why its wines feel both powerful and distinctly refined. We’ll explore how elevation, wind, soil diversity, and proximity to the Blue Mountains shape structure and freshness, and why Walla Walla consistently produces wines with intensity and balance.
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Intro to France is a friendly, no-pressure introduction to how French wine actually works. Instead of memorizing labels or decoding complicated appellations, this class focuses on the big picture: why France is so influential, how its regions differ, and how to taste French wine with confidence.
One of the defining ideas of French wine is that grape variety alone never tells the full story. In France, the same grape can produce dramatically different wines depending on where it’s grown, how it’s farmed, and how tradition shapes its expression.
We’ll focus on some of France’s most important grapes and examine how place, climate, and philosophy reshape them — sometimes so completely that they hardly seem like the same wine at all.
In this blind tasting experience, we’re pitting the Left Bank against the Right Bank to see which style truly wins the room. Without labels, prices, or hints, you’ll taste, vote, and debate your way through two very different expressions of Bordeaux.
This class puts France’s most influential wine regions head-to-head, revealing how terroir, structure, and winemaking philosophy create dramatically different expressions in the glass. Rather than focusing on individual grapes, this class zooms out to examine how place, tradition, and intent shape style—and why France remains the global benchmark for regional identity.
