I've been out of town (in Washington, DC) for a while on some non wine related business and I have to say I really miss North Carolina. Even though I enjoy visiting friends, family, colleagues, and old haunts in DC, I remember why Jennifer and I moved to Cary...which is probably the same reason many of you moved to Cary, too.
Be that as it may, I've made a couple of visits to my friends at The Curious Grape, the wine shop where we used to buy all of our wines. I've been reminded about how active they are in wine education and wine classes for their customers, and how well they present their classes; not at all condescending or self-promotional, but very friendly and very informative...and a lot of fun.
We've been asked by many people about having basic "wine appreciation" classes, and it's something that we are researching and trying to develop. However, we could use your assistance. Let us know if you have any ideas on what type of topics you'd like to see covered in such a class/classes. Let us know if there are certain wine-growing regions you'd like to explore. Let us know if there are particular varietals you'd like to know better. Let us know if there's a particular weekday evening when such a class could be fit into your busy schedule.
Drop us an e-mail (or post your comments here) and give us some ideas, and of course we'll keep you posted through our newsletter and through this blog.
david
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As for a 'basic' class to start. I think it would be great to have a (or two if red and white need to be seperate) class on actually understanding a wine lable (words that would help in understanding a wine you haven't tried), how foreign wines are 'converted to' to American or even other conutries (bordeaux is actually ___ in an American wine), and how the process of wine making affects the wine outcome.
Just a few thoughts from a beginner.
I love the idea of a basics class that would cover deciphering wine labels. Labels from France, Italy and Spain are especially difficult to understand. Great food for thought...thanks!
Jennifer
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