Wine Workshops With JC Viens

JC Viens’ workshops continue at Vins de France.

JC Viens, a professionally qualified wine educator and holder of the prestigous Diploma Level 4, WSET and Bordeaux Wine School Educator, will be conducting wine workshops to help wine students understand their raison d’être from different regions.

In these workshops which will be conducted over 3 separate sessions, JC Viens will cover Argentina wines on January 31, Bordeaux wines on February 2, and Chilean wines on February 27.  The workshop format will follow an introduction to the region, climate, key grape varieties and wine-making techniques. It will also include a guided tasting of a wide range of wines from that particular region to help students develop a better understanding about the various characteristics influencing the styles of wine found in different countries.

Classes are kept small and limited to 20 people.  This is a great way for wine lovers to spend Saturday afternoon, so come along by yourself or bring a friend with you and meet fellow wine lovers.

Course Details:

• 23 January 2010 Argentina & the effect of altitude on wine flavours
• 6  February 2010 Bordeaux & the concept of vintage variation
• 27 February 2010 Chile & organic wines

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Rhône Valley Wines Workshop

Wine expert JC Vien’s guided tasting of Rhône Valley wines this Saturday.

JC Vien is a highly educated wine lover; a certified International Bordeaux Educator with the CIVB Bordeaux Wine School and graduate of the Wine & Spirit Educational Trust (WSET) Diploma course. JC has channeled his passion for wine into teaching, and conducts talks and guided tastings for many wine-related organizations including Berry Bros & Rudd’s Fine Wine School and Vins de France.

This Saturday, he is organizing a class and tasting of wines from the Rhône Valley regions with Vins de France, where attendees will learn about the excellent examples of wine from this region and the characteristics that make each wine so unique.

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Berry Bros. and Rudd’s Lee Gardens Wine Education Centre

New Courses Offered at the Centre for Fine Wines in Causeway Bay.

The Lee Gardens in Causeway Bay is no longer just a place to enjoy fine wines – now, you can learn about them, too. Berry Bros. & Rudd are expanding The Fine Wine Centre to incorporate a new area, giving students more space. As part of the expansion, new instructors will be coming on board to offer all-new courses.

Located just next to their Lee Gardens wine shop, the Centre hosts tastings, tutorials, Masterclasses and many different courses to help further wine education. The course list offers regional study, including the L’Ecole du Vin de Bordeaux Series. The Fine Wine Centre explores wine at every stage – from soil growth to grape type, to winemaking techniques and tasting.

Ron Taylor and Jean-Charles Viens will join the prestigious instructors currently teaching at the facility, which officially opened in January 2008. Ron Taylor spent 10 of his 30-year wine and spirits career as a lecturer. He’s a certified WSET tutor, a member of the Association of Wine Educators, an associate of the Institute of Wine and Spirits (AIWS) and a member of the Society of Wine Educators and the Hong Kong Wine Society. He continues to lecture part-time at LiPACE Hong Kong Open University.

Jean-Charles Viens has been to vineyards on five continents, a certified Bordeaux Wine School educator who’s studied every aspect of wine and wine-making.

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Learn French Wines Like a Pro

A casual class for the avid learner.

Anthony Petit, a France native now living in Hong Kong, has a mind-blazing world of French wines to show you.

He is presently devoting his time to the development of the Wine Education Center and is a part-time wine instructor at Hong Kong University Space.

The course is focused on casual learning – you won’t find an angry Frenchman throwing fits but a refined gentleman teaching you the arts and crafts that you seek. The course focuses on learning the fundamentals of french wine in a french way. There will be formal wine tastings with French descriptions and 3 wines will be served.

The meeting time will be on September 22nd from 7pm-10pm (3 hour workshop) at the Admiralty Learning Centre. The language will be English and the Fee is HK$450. If you’d like an application (or have any other questions), then click here.

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