Join us on one of our Award Winning Wine Tasting Experience Days in
Central Newcastle - a fantastic way to Learn about wine...
Taste a great Selection of 15 quality wines and Enjoy a 3 course food & wine matching lunch, at the fantastic Hotel du Vin, Newcastle
Our Newcastle Wine-Tasting Courses make for great days out in the North East - learning about wine in a relaxed and fun environment - suitable for everyone from the absolute beginner through to budding wine enthusiast.
It's a full Wine Tasting Experience Day - tasting, learning and talking about wine plus a delicious 3 course Food & Wine Matching lunch. Everything is included and you'll leave with a World of Wine or Vine to Wine course notebook, your wine-tasting notebook, and most importantly increased confidence and a smile on your face!
Newcastle Wine Tasting Experience Day
(11am - 4pm)
Sat 2nd Mar -Old World Wine
Sat 20th April - Vine to Wine
WORLD OF WINE
A great 'all rounder' Wine-Tasting Course. You'll look at wine in a whole new way...as well as sniffing and tasting it! While tasting 15 wines you'll learn how region, climate, winemaking techniques and many other factors affect the final wine in the bottle. You'll learn about many of the major wines from around the world and the key characteristics of each. This course will set you in the right direction to finding the wines you enjoy, choosing wines in restaurants and before you know it you'll have caught the wine bug and want to learn more!
Taste 6 Whites in the Morning
3 Course Food & Wine Matching Lunch
Taste 6 Reds in the Afternoon
Vine to Wine
VINE TO WINE
Focusing on the major grape varieties this workshop will enable you to understand why your Chablis tastes so different to that 'Aussie' Chardonnay and why some people prefer a Merlot to a Malbec.
As with the World of Wine you'll learn how to taste and analyse the wines and will sample 15 different wines and enjoy a 3 course lunch. Running 11am - 4pm
- Discover how wine is made and how that affects what you see, smell and taste in your glass. Understand the differences in how white wine, red wine and rose are made.
- Taste and compare wines side by side to really see the differences in styles.
- Compare oaked and unoaked white wines – How are ‘unoaked’ wines made and what does ‘oaked’ really mean?
- Start the afternoon with a glass of fizz! You will learn how Sparkling wine is made – what gives the wine it’s fizz and why does Champagne differ from Prosecco, Cava etc.
- Finish the day with a glass of Port! Learn how fortified wines (Port, Sherry, Madeira) are made and what the key differences are between a Ruby Port, LBV and Vintage (apart from price!)