Wine Tasting Course at Stirling Books & Brew

Tickets available on eventbrite up until March 20th. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/858169527157

This 4-week course covers topics related to wine and wine tasting, with Wednesday night classes from 5:30-7:30pm on March 20, 27, and April 3 and 10. In each class we will taste 5 wines, from different places, different grapes, and different types. Cost of the 4-week course is $65, which covers the wines and other materials. Minimum class size is 10, and max 20.

The basic structure of the course is the following:
Week 1 – Sensorial Analysis and Wine Service
Week 2 – General Information about wine – History and development, types of grapes and wine, and production methods.
Week 3 – Old world production areas
Week 4 – New world production areas

About the instructor: Mauricio Marengoni is a college professor in Computer Science at Albion College. Mr Marengoni was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and started taking courses on wine and beer about 20 years ago. He received a Sommelier degree in wines from Senac Brazil, specialization in Brazilian wine by The Brazilian Institute of Wine (Ibravin). In addition, Mr Marengoni has earned a Sommelier degree in beer from The Science of Beer Institute in Brazil and a technical degree in beer production by Senai/Invicta in Brazil.

Mr.Marengoni has visited wineries in:
• The Yarra Valley in Australia,
• The Alentejo, Dão and middle Douro in Portugal,
• Bento Gonçalves, Vale do São Francisco, Serra Catarinense, and Santana do Livramento production areas in Brazil,
• Sonoma and Napa Valleys in US,
• Valle de Uco, Lujan de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina,
• Canelones, Rivera, and Montevideo in Uruguay,
• Maypo valley in Chile.