One-Day Sparkling Wine Crash Course

Seminar Format

Full-Day Online Seminar

What It's About

Sparkling wines are THE current trend topic in retail and hospitality. The focus is not only on Champagne, the "classic" choice, but especially on PetNat sparkling wines and German Winzersekt – alongside Frizzante and Seccos, which remain as popular as ever. This seminar provides a detailed overview of semi-sparkling and sparkling wines!

Objectives

Content

  • How do the bubbles get into the wine?
  • What is the difference between semi-sparkling and sparkling wine?
  • Production of semi-sparkling and sparkling wines – what methods are there?
  • What is the difference between Frizzante, PetNat, Cap Classique, Franciacorta, Cava, Winzersekt, Crémant, and Champagne? The most important sparkling wine types in the world
  • Key growing countries and regions worldwide
  • How is the quality of sparkling wines assessed – how do I tell them apart?
  • Practical tasting of the most important international sparkling wine types

Target audience

Other

Six sparkling wines will be tasted. These will be sent shortly before the seminar begins. Please check the technical participation requirements before the seminar starts.

Instructor

The instructor, Denis Duhme, wine academic and WSET® Diploma holder, has many years of experience training sommeliers, restaurant professionals, and hotel staff. He teaches at the German Wine and Sommelier School (DWS) as well as the German Wine Institute (DWI). He also teaches WSET® Level 3 and Level 4 (Diploma) courses.

Duration

9:00 AM–5:00 PM (4 sessions/2 short breaks/1-hour lunch break)

Included services

Seminar materials (digital), 2 tasting glasses (SenusPlus by Eisch), tasting wines, personal certificate of participation.

Event Location

Online

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