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April 8, 2005 4:12 PM

Free Online Wine Course from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). We’ll give you a sample of our in-depth, on-site courses by taking you on a virtual journey through three of the world’s top grape varieties.
posted by crunchland (2 comments total)

You’ll learn about where they grow, how they’re made into wine, how the wines they’re made into taste, what foods they work with best, and why they’re hot in the marketplace. We’ll suggest a few simple but great tastings you can do at home, and share some delicious wine-matched recipes from our CIA chefs. Along the way, you’ll meet some of our expert wine instructors and get a look at the full program of professional wine courses we offer. In this short course you will: Learn about three of the world’s most exciting grape varieties from the diverse perspectives of CIA wine instructors, growers, winemakers, chefs, and wine marketing specialists; Discover the principles involved in matching wine; Participate in exciting guided tastings that you can conduct at homel Receive a sampling of delicious wine-matched recipes from CIA chefs; Learn about the CIA’s full program of professional wine courses.
posted by crunchland at 4:13 PM on April 8, 2005

Cool - this will be fun to do some evening ... crunchland, you are responsible for some of my favorite bookmarks - thanks for this & the plethora of interesting things you consistently post.
posted by madamjujujive at 7:17 PM on April 8, 2005