Explore the world of wine from ancient history to modern times. Discover the processes used to create dry, sweet, fortified, and sparkling wine. Get an understanding of terroir, and how it affects wine production around the world. From the comfort of our chairs, we’ll take virtual visits to wineries and learn where to travel locally. Each session we’ll learn how to taste and describe the characteristics of different wines, comparing different grape varietals and different producers of the same varietals. We’ll get to taste wine with different flavors of food to see how its taste is affected, and how the combination is better than its parts. You’ll leave with a better appreciation of wine, the ability to pick an appropriate wine for your menu, and the tools for developing your own value system for rating wine quality. Please bring $25 in cash to the first session to cover the cost of the wines that you’ll be tasting during the course. This class, which will be a combination of lecture, discussion, and wine tasting, requires a minimum of 10 attendees and a maximum of 15.  No weekly preparation is needed.