Discover Your Wine Style: The Wine Tasting Class
This class begins with a simple, familiar question most wine drinkers encounter sooner or later: am I actually going to enjoy this wine?
Through a relaxed, hands-on tasting, you’ll start to notice the styles you naturally respond to—the patterns that quietly shape your preferences and form what we think of as your personal wine fingerprint.
Once those preferences come into focus, the wine world feels far less uncertain. You’re no longer choosing bottles out of habit or hoping for the best when you try something new. Instead, you make decisions with confidence, understanding not just what you like, but why certain wines consistently work for you.
Why This Matters
Wine offers an enormous range of flavors, and even a small shop can feel overwhelming. It’s common to buy a bottle that seems promising, only to be disappointed once it’s opened. That experience isn’t a mistake—it’s physiology. Palates vary subtly from person to person, and a wine that excites one drinker may leave another unmoved.
The reassuring part is that you don’t need to memorize grape varieties, regions, or technical language to navigate this. You don’t need to master the entire wine world. What matters most is understanding how your palate works.
What We’ll Do
In this class, we’ll explore four core factors that shape personal wine preference—the underlying drivers that explain why some wines resonate deeply while others don’t. The framework draws on more than a decade of sensory research, including work conducted at Philadelphia’s Monell Chemical Senses Center. We’ve distilled that science into a clear, engaging 90-minute tasting that is accessible and practical.
By the end of the session, you’ll be able to recognize your own wine style and confidently seek it out again and again, regardless of where you’re buying wine or how much you’re spending.
Tasting Sheets for Previous Discover Your Wine Style Classes
January 2025
Are You an Acid-Hound?
1. Nobile Icon 2015 Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, New Zealand)
2. Alfredo Roca 2014 Chardonnay (Mendoza, Argentina)
Are You a Supertaster?
1. Byron 2013 Pinot Noir (Santa Barbara County)
2. Tournon 2013 “Mathilda” Shiraz (Victoria, Australia)
Are You Old School?
1. Jean Leon 2006 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Penedes, Spain)
2. Marchiori & Barraud 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mendoza, Argentina)
Are you a Boozehound?
1. Texier 2013 “Chat Fou” Cotes du Rhone (Rhone Valley, France)
2. Cercius 2013 Cotes du Rhone (Rhone Valley, France)
March 2018
ACID FREAK
1. Boundary Breaks Vineyard 2013 “239” Riesling, Finger Lakes, New York
2. Foxglove 2013 Chardonnay, Central Coast, California
SUPER TASTER
1. Byron 2013 Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara County, California
2. Bodegas Breca 2013 Garnacha, Calatayud, Spain
OLD SCHOOLER
1. Villa Travignoli 2012 Chianti Rufina, Tuscany, Italy
2. Rawley Power 2013 Shiraz, Adelaide Plains, Australia
BOOZEHOUND
1. Vina Perez Cruz 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon, Maipo Valley, Chile
2. Fabre Montmayou 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendoza, Argentina