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Lesson 29 – Australia, pt. 1

Sommelier School Lesson 29 – Australia Part 1   Yellow Tail. Australian for Wine. Ok, I can’t be the first to come up with that. Anyway, welcome to the next lesson on Australia. I hope to educate you about the great wines coming from here

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Lesson 28 – South America

Sommelier School Lesson 28 – South America   South America. Another place that started making wine thanks to the Spanish missionaries. Since 1531 wine grapes have been grown here. It is also considered the second most important wine producing continent. Even so, South American wine

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Lesson 27 – The Rest of the Big 4

Sommelier School Lesson 27 – The Rest of the Big 4 This week we will cover the rest of the “Big 4”; Oregon, Washington, and New York. These 3 states combined still don’t approach the output of California, but they are significant when talking about

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Lesson 26 – The Rest of California

Sommelier School Lesson 26 – The Rest California As I look over the information for the rest of California, I have decided to push through and cover the rest of the state this week. Well will cover the Central Coast, South Coast, and Central Valley

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Lesson 25 – California – North Coast

  Sommelier School Lesson 25 – California – North Coast   So now that you’ve had a few weeks to digest Lesson 24, it’s now time to delve into California. By far, California is the most important wine state in the U.S. 90% of the

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Lesson 24 – Introduction to the U.S.

Part 1   Part 2 Sommelier School Lesson 24 – Introduction to the United States   The United States of America. 50 years ago, if you were talking about wine, this country would barely register a blip. However, wine has been made here for centuries.

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Lesson 23 – Portugal

Part 1 Part 2 Sommelier School Lesson 23 – Portugal   This week we are going to tackle all of Portugal. Home of Port, one of the most famous wines in the world. It is also home to Madeira wine. In addition to these to

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Lesson 22 – Spain, pt. 2

Sommelier School Lesson 22 – Spain, pt. 2 Hello everyone and sorry for the delay yet again. The real job and personal schedule sometimes conflict and honestly I sometimes just decide to take a day off 😉 This website is like a 2nd job sometimes.

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Lesson 21 – Spain, pt. 1

Sommelier School Lesson 21 – Spain, pt. 1   We are getting to the end of the main areas of Europe. Or at least as far as the tests will be concerned. Yes, we will cover Austria and Hungary soon, just not yet. This week

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Lesson 20 – The Rest of Germany

  Sommelier School Lesson 20 – The Rest of Germany And now, the rest of the story, er, I mean Germany. So last week we covered 3 of the 13 Quality wine regions. How are we going to do the remaining 10 in a week?