Who It's For: blind tasting group regulars, sommeliers sharpening their exam game, and anyone who has been tasting for a while and wants to finally connect what they know to what they smell.
Blind tasting is where theory and palate finally meet. Every experienced taster keeps a mental list of what we call banker notes: the reliable clues a grape or region shows over and over, the ones you can lean on when everything else in the glass is ambiguous. Nebbiolo and its tar & rose petal. Sauvignon Blanc and its grapefruit & cut-grass lift. Once your notes are anchored to real knowledge about grape and place, you stop shooting in the dark.
This class works through how to actually build those anchors. We walk through the classic grape and region signatures worth committing to memory, taste examples that reinforce each one, and practice the mental move that separates a lucky guess from a real conclusion. Along the way we cover how climate, soil, and winemaking each leave predictable marks, and how to lean on theory without letting it lead you astray on the wines that break the rules.