Wine School - Academie du Vin
Wed, Oct 26
|Toronto
In a wine school, the foundation course, following Steven Spurrier’s lead, will be ‘learning by tasting’ – in his opinion, the only way to acquire a thorough and lasting knowledge of wine.
Time & Location
Oct 26, 2022, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EDT
Toronto, 87 Avenue Rd, Toronto, ON M5R 3R9, Canada
About the Event
Background
Back in the late 1970s Académie du Vin founder Steven Spurrier instituted formal wine courses for English-speaking expats in Paris under the Académie du Vin banner. Ten years later these formed the basis of a book, , published by Mitchell Beazley and reprinted three times. The Course was divided into Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced levels and those who completed all three received a certificate.The Académie du Vin Wine Course
Before his death it was Steven’s fervent wish that the idea of a Wine Course in the form of regular tastings could be revived. His Canadian business partner, Marc Nadeau, was poised to do so in Toronto when the pandemic intervened. Now that things are returning to normal, the Académie du Vin is delighted to be able to honour Steven’s wish at last by offering a Wine Course that marries the experience of tasting the world’s finest wines with the…