Advanced Wine Class
High End table wine with a strong food component
Class Schedule
Monday January 21st. 2017 Tasmanian Pinot Noir Horizontal (fully booked)
Monday February 11th Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon Vertical (fully booked)
Monday February 18th Prince Albert Pinot Noir Vertical
Monday February 25th 2015 Bordeaux Horizontal
Monday March 18th Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir Class
- Varietal characteristics
- Regional characteristics
- Aged wine characteristics
- Six artisan wines
- Food and notes
- The opportunity to interact with others who share a common interest
- A passion to learn
- A smile and an open mind
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Vendor since 2015
Fine Wine Appreciation - passionate, independent wine education
Fine Wine Appreciation has been running for over 15 years in Melbourne, conducted by respected wine expert Matthew Hansen. As a highly acclaimed professional chef and educator, Matthew’s personable style and passionate approach ensures all those with a love of fine wine will benefit from his unique and insightful perspectives.
Most importantly, Matthew is Melbourne’s only completely independent educator, and not affiliated with any specific wineries, wine merchant or makers – all wines featured in his courses are offered on merit alone. Fine Wine Appreciation does not accept industry favours, and does not sell wine to participants.
As places are very limited we do not offer refunds. If by chance you are unable to attend you are welcome to send another person/s in your place.
09 January 2019 • Advanced Wine Class
This was a complete surprise. I was expecting a "closed door" attitude where people might judge me for being a wine rookie. But even in the advanced class the instructor was gracious and patient (although the class skips along at a decent pace so DON'T drift off into a little wine dream, leave that for later, ha!) The instructor, Matthew, is that rare kind of person who shares their knowledge but also makes time to listen to everyone at the table. I was really charmed by how he made time for everyone to share their thoughts. It was a Pinot Noir night and I was lucky enough to sit next to David from the Prince Albert Winery so yeah, there's a chance to mingle with some real rockstars of the wine industry too. A total pleasure and I've already booked into a February 2018 class to try some Cabernet Sauvignon. Five stars, for sure. Five freaking gold stars.
21 November 2018 • Advanced Wine Class
Matthew is a knowledgeable and courteous host. His wine appreciation courses, dinners and vertical tastings are always informative, valuable and most importantly - they're hosted in a warm friendly atmosphere. I never profess to being a wine expert, and in Matthew's environment I never feel like i'm being 'wine snobbed.' I'd recommend his classes to anyone from beginning to appreciate or learn more about wine, to those with a sophisticated taste. His wines are exceptional, rare, and delicious!
01 November 2018 • Advanced Wine Class
Really fantastic class. The format is very casual and, even if your wine knowledge is not as extensive as others in the group, Matthew goes out of his way to make you feel very much included. Fantastic wines too.