Designed for novice and advanced wine connoisseurs alike, our Experiencing Wine Series aims to help you gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the essential aspects of sensory evaluation that are often overlooked in most wine tastings.
EXPLORE BORDEAUX’S LEFT BANK
Bordeaux’s Left Bank is home to some of the most famous wines in the world, and some of the most confusing labels.
Between the classifications, the village names and the French terminology, it can be hard to know what you’re actually buying, or why one bottle costs $25 and another costs $250.
This class is a relaxed, hands-on introduction to the region where Cabernet Sauvignon is king. You’ll learn:
How the gravel soils along the Gironde shape the wines
What sets Margaux, Pauillac and the other Médoc villages apart
How to read a Bordeaux label with confidence
The tasting focuses on a single historic estate, Château Siran in Margaux, at three quality levels. Tasting one producer side by side, from everyday bottle to grand vin, gives you a clear view of how vineyard selection, blending and winemaking choices change what ends up in your glass.
Join Elizabeth Tomasino for a guided tasting that combines sensory science with the stories behind one of the world’s great wine regions.
WINE COURSE OVERVIEW
By the end of this wine workshop, you will:
Whether you’re new to Bordeaux or looking to finally make sense of those labels, this class offers an approachable, sensory-rich introduction to one of the most celebrated wine regions on earth.
Wine Tasting in Corvallis
This unique workshop couples science with the senses, resulting in a richer tasting experience and comprehensive understanding of wine.
Through lectures and guided tastings, you will discuss taste, mouthfeel, aromatics, spoilage and other aspects of the science of wine.
All participants must be 21 years of age or older.
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It did help me better understand and recognize aromas of wine. I believe it does help me in my profession by being able to better educate staff. I really appreciated the tangible aspect of the class and Dr. Tomasino was great. I really appreciated her passion for the content she was teaching. I would recommend this class and have done so with my peers. I hope there will be more class opportunities for additional wine topics offered. I really want to expand my knowledge and this class fit so well into my schedule and the content was fantastic.
I used the info and skills I learned in the tasting room and with my staff. It was great to practice the skills on different wines after the class. It was also fun to see the differences people tasted, and similarities. I could really see what was the most difficult for me to detect and what was easier. I thought the info was useful and worth taking the class. I thought the instructors were knowledgeable and really enjoyed the hands-on tasting learning.
Dr. Elizabeth Tomasino is an Associate Professor of Enology at OSU. She has had the opportunity to study the wine industry world-wide, including in Europe and New Zealand. Her research interests lie in wine sensory analysis and flavor chemistry. A main research includes determining relationships between sensory and chemical data, particularly those aroma compounds important for wine quality and regional differentiation.
