Certificate Wine Course - Evening Lectures

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Cape Wine Academy
TIME:    18h00
COST:    R2995
VENUE:    Mowbray Golf Club, Pinelands
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Take an in-depth journey into South African wine with the Certificate Wine Course. Broaden your viticulture and winemaking knowledge, whilst learning about the industry, sparkling, sweet and dessert style wines, along with fortified wines and brandies.

Course overview
* Seven evening lectures or over 3 days. The 3-day course is a compact wine course that takes place over three days. The theory and tasting exams will be written in June and November, in the evenings.

Lecture 1
» Tutored Wine Tasting

Lecture 2
» Viticulture. Seasons of the vine: how to establish a vineyard.
» Pests and diseases
» Wine Tasting and discussion

Lecture 3
» Viticulture. Wine growing areas of South Africa.
» Wine Tasting and discussion

Lecture 4
» Winemaking: from arrival at cellar till final product.
» Art of blending, wood treatments, innovations in winemaking.
» Wine Tasting and discussion

Lecture 5
» Brandy distilling. Process of production. Different styles
» Wine Tasting and discussion

Lecture 6
» Fortified Wines – Sherry, Port, Fortified Wines
» Special & Noble Late Harvest wines – definition & different styles
» Wine Tasting and discussion

Lecture 7
» Sparkling Wines – methods of production, different styles
» Wine Tasting and discussion