Accelerated Core Sommelier & Wine Educator Program

Client: Major Hotel Group

🔹 WEEK 1: FOUNDATION & SERVICE

Day 1: Wine Foundations

• Grape growing, winemaking, tasting methodology
• The role of terroir: climate, soil, and style
• Foundational blind tasting

Day 2: Wine Regions & Grapes I

• France: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Loire, Rhône
• Italy: North vs. South, DOC/DOCG structure
• Service drills: wine identification, glassware

Day 3: Wine Regions & Grapes II

• Spain, Germany, Austria, Greece
• New World overview: US, South America, Australia
• Pairing logic: flavor bridging, acid/tannin balance

Day 4: Professional Wine Service

• Mise en place and guest interaction
• Decanting, sparkling wine, and bottle presentation
• Service drills in a fine-dining mock setting

Day 5: Sensory Development & Faults

• Structured tasting: identifying varietals & structure
• Common wine faults and how to recognize them
• Workshop: how to talk about wine with authority

🔹 WEEK 2: DEEP DIVE & EDUCATOR TRAINING

Day 6: Advanced Blind Tasting

• Calibration tasting
• Structured deductive tasting system
• Personal palate mapping

Day 7: Wine Education Principles

• Pedagogy 101: how adults learn
• Designing a wine training for hospitality teams
• Delivering 5-minute educational segments

Day 8: Curriculum Building

• Create a hotel-specific training module
• Aligning training with brand tone
• Creating tasting sheets and class templates

Day 9: Presentation Skills for Educators

• On-camera and in-person performance
• Workshop: teaching a mini class segment
• Feedback loop and refinement

Day 10: Wine & Food Programming

• Building experiences for in-house guests
• Wine dinners, tastings, and VIP activations
• Roleplay: building a wine event from scratch

🔹 WEEK 3: INTEGRATION & ASSESSMENT

Day 11: Core Exam Review

• Full review of theory and tasting
• One-on-one coaching sessions
• Practice blind tastings + mock service exam

Day 12: Final Exam Day

• Written theory exam
• Blind tasting (2 wines)
• Service exam (with real bottles, guests, and scenarios)

Day 13: Educator Capstone Presentations

• Group delivery of 10-minute wine class modules
• Peer and instructor feedback
• Evaluation on clarity, engagement, and accuracy

Day 14: Strategic Implementation Workshop

• How to bring wine culture into hotel spaces
• SOP creation: onboarding, staff training, guest offerings
• Tailored feedback session for F&B leadership

Day 15: Graduation & Certificate Ceremony

Optional consultation booking for follow-ups

Certification as Core Sommelier + Wine Educator

Strategic rollout planning across hotel properties