About the Wine School
The Wine School is renowned for being the vanguard in truth-telling in the wine industry, and its unbeatable teaching staff.
The Certified Sommelier Instructors
The Wine School is about people. The people who come to our classes and the people who teach here. The school started with fun, smart folks who love wine, and that is who we remain. Not surprisingly, that's the kind of person who loves attending our classes.
If you want snobbery, you are in the wrong place. Here are the short biographies of a few of our instructors:
Keith Wallace
Alana zerbe
Zach Morris
RYAN FONASH
Dusan Vranic
Quinetta Roberson
Former Instructors
David Snyder
FRANK CIPARRONE
Collin Flatt
Dean Browne
Brian Freedman
Pete Mitchell
Lynn Hoffman
som·me·lier (sml-y, sôm-ly) n.
A restaurant staffer who orders and maintains the wines sold in the restaurant and usually has extensive knowledge about food and wine pairings.
[French, from Old French, officer in charge of provisions, pack-animal driver, alteration of *sommerier, from sommier, beast of burden, from Vulgar Latin *saumrius; see summer2.]
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"We are lucky to have the Wine School of Philadelphia."
Andrea Immer, Master Sommelier & Author
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Written by one of Philadelphia's top sommeliers, according to CBS!
Learn about Wine
The Wine School Online has plenty to offer the online wine enthusiast. Along with our blog and rss feeds, we have daily wine news updates, an wine quiz and our online wine certificate center.
For people who want to take their first class, we recommend attending the popular Wine 101 class. For people with a bit more experience, we have a wide array of classes to offer, from our regional wine tasting classes to our Sommelier Smackdown classes.
Looking to take the next step in your wine education? Then the Wine Foundation program is for you. The widely respected program will give you tasting skills beyond many professional sommeliers.
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