Make 2026 THE year.
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Make 2026 THE year.
Take 10% OFF your first 12 months of Tasting Group!
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Oak, malolactic… or lees? Can you taste which of these is shaping the texture and flavor of your wine? Let’s find out.
In this focused, one-hour tasting workshop, we’ll guide you through a side-by-side single blind comparison of three wines that each highlight a different winemaking influence: oak treatment, malolactic conversion, and lees contact. You’ll learn how you identify each of these elements, why winemakers choose each technique, how they affect aroma, flavor, body, and balance, and which classic styles commonly feature them!
By the end, you’ll feel confident distinguishing these cellar choices on the palate, an essential skill for blind tasting and for understanding what’s happening in your wines beyond the grape! Ticket is for class access, wine kit purchase optional (details below).
$24.00
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Once you check out, you’ll receive access to purchase a limited-quantity Tasting Kit for $65 (shipping included), featuring the three wines with these three winemaking elements. The kits include three (180ml) wines (in no particular order):
A wine with dominant & noticeable Oak
A wine with dominant & noticeable Malolactic Fermentation
A wine with dominant & noticeable Lees
In the workshop, we’ll taste all three wines as a single blind and break down how to recognize the subtle tells of different cellar techniques, from structure to textural changes PLUS how to tune into their influence on acidity, body, mouthfeel, flavors and overall balance & complexity!
***Once you register you will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours with the workshop class link and link to purchase the Tasting Kits from Master the World for $65 (shipping included). These are available for shipping to select states. (Kits cannot be shipped to: Rhode Island, South Carolina, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota & Utah)
If we can’t ship to your state, please reach out and I can provide recommendations that you can purchase from an alternative shop!
The cutoff to order your wines:
March 15th!
(March 19th with +$10 expedited shipping)
PLEASE check your Spam/Junk folder if you do not see it and contact me if no confirmation is found.
You may join the webinar without tasting kits, although tasting along with us will be much more valuable in understanding this theme’s concepts and in using them in further tastings!
All educational materials will be emailed to you in a reminder email the day prior to the workshop. See you there!
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