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Our instructors are wine and spirits experts, but not just any wine and spirits experts! They are experts that AREN'T BORING! Who wants to sit through a boring class...wine or otherwise? Our instructors are selected and trained by us personally. Every instructor has been vetted and trained. You'll get a different personality at each class venue, but you won't get a different curriculum. You'll get the same training at every class we host. Isn't that cool?!  

Indulge Wine School only partners with the best restaurants in your area to host our wine and spirits classes. Rather than hosting classes in boring, stale classrooms or hotel conference rooms, we partner with top restaurants and hosts the classes in their best private rooms. Maybe you'll find a new favorite place for lunch, dinner or a private party! We've been hosting classes since 2008 in private dining rooms at great restaurants, so we know that this is the BEST place to host a wine or spirits class! So, if you're going to take a date or your significant other to the class, you're set. If you want to entertain a client, you're set. If you want to do a corporate team building event, you're set. If you want to come on your own and meet some really cool people in a cool venue, you're set. Basically, you're set. 

And now you can even take our classes in the comfort of your own home. Our Wine 101 Video Course is unlike any other wine class you may find on the Internet. Why? Because you can choose to order (separately or as a bundle with the video course) the EXACT WINES our instructor will be teaching about in the DVD and the online video. 

Mixology

To mix the best drinks at home for you, your family and your friends, you must think like a good dancer—to do it properly, you need to know how to twist, shake, and effectively remind your guests where to locate their head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Learn the cocktail hokey pokey with Indulge Wine & Spirit's Mixology 101 Course, a 90 minute course where student's learn the basics of mixology and how to make five fantasticly fabulous summer cocktails.

Helmed by a cocktail connoisseur and scholar of bar-side psychology, Indulge's Mixology 101 classes helps drink buffs to hone their concocting craft while pushing the boundaries of the country's resurging cocktail movement. During the Mixology 101 class, burgeoning bartenders learn the basics of flavor pairing and mixing techniques while mingling and celebratorily chest-bumping with other concoction-crafting enthusiasts. All the while, instructors cover a slew of libation-themed topics including drink ratios, the proper use of bitters, and the difference between stirring and shaking as they spin tales about the cocktail's rich history, including its role during the Prohibition era and the time it missed its callback to star in Sideways.

With approachable and functional concepts, students learn the ropes of merging fresh ingredients to craft shindig-worthy cocktails, practicing how to pour, shake, and strain spirits like professionals. Students also study the various dimensions of their palates, gleaning the principles of how alcohol bonds each sweet, sour, and smooth-talking flavor together. As students frequently get caught up in all the fun and might miss an important point or two from the instructor, we'll provide a recipe book for later reference.                 

The Book

The Book - Excerpt from the Introduction of "Wine 101: A Fun and Informative Introduction to the Wonderful World of Wine!": Ah, wine. Why is it that such a wonderful beverage causes so much anxiety in people? Come on, be honest...you're intimidated by it, aren't you? Well, join the club! Wine is, in my opinion, the most complex drink/food in the world. There is so much to know about wine, it's almost endless. Do you realize that as of this writing, there are only 180 people in the entire world that have earned the title of Master Sommelier (a sommelier is someone who has studied a great deal about wine and has earned wine certification through the Court of Master Sommeliers)? Those are the people that can taste a glass of wine and can tell you not only what type of wine it is, but what winery made it, what year the grapes where harvested, and likely what section of the vineyard the grapes came from. Crazy, huh? Take a look in your pantry and refrigerator. Do you see any other types of food and drink in there that requires years and years of study to master all the nuances of? Probably not.

The book

What people are saying:

"What is wonderful about your book is that your passion comes through on every page."
- Rick Rogers, Bestselling author of more than forty cookbooks.

"What an easy and fun read! I laughed and learned about wine at the same time!" - Linda V.

"Thank you for making learning about wine less intimidating! Well done!" - Todd S.

"Full of information that I can actually use. I loved it!" - Amy C.

Buy the book

Video Classes

WINE 101 ONLINE

Interested in learning more about wine, but can't come to one of our classes? Looking for a fun way to have a wine tasting at your home with friends? Indulge Wine School Wine 101 Video Class is perfect for you! With our class, you'll receive six 50ml bottles of wine (three whites and three reds), our Wine 101 DVD, online access to the Wine 101 video, and our eBook, Wine 101: A Fun and Informative Introduction to the Wonderful World of Wine.

Our Wine 101 Video Class is unlike any other wine class you may find on the Internet. Why? Because the class fee includes six 50ml bottles of the EXACT WINES our instructor will be teaching about in the DVD and the online video. So, when he describes the color, smell and taste of each of the wines, you'll be able to see, smell and taste the EXACT same wines as he is describing! You can't take a wine class without experiencing the wine. Just listening to someone talk about wine won't provide you with the learning experience you'll get when you're able to FULLY experience the wines while our expert wine instructor tells you about them. In addition to teaching you about each of the specific wines you'll be tasting, our instructor will cover wine history, wine making, and talk more generally about each of the grape varietals used for each of the wines.

You'll receive the following wines with the class:
White Wines:
2010 Duckhorn, Napa Valley, Sauvignon Blanc
Hazlitt 1852 Vineyard, Finger Lakes, Riesling
Hess Collection, Mt. Veeder, Chardonnay
Red Wines:
Papapietro Perry, Sonoma Coast, Pinot Noir
Cline, "Los Caneros" Estate, Syrah
Whitehall Lane, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon

 

 

Buy one for a private wine class for just you, a wine-loving friend or a loved one, or buy additional wine kits for a video wine tasting party at your home for a group of friends! Order just the video, just the wine samples, or bundle them for the best value.

                

SEE WHAT PAST Indulge Wine School
STUDENTS ARE SAYING...

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    Thank you Indulge Wine School for opening up our eyes to the world of wine and all its passion!

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    Great experience and the wines were excellent!

    – Russ Erbes
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    We have learned many facts that we can take with us into our future with wine! Thanks!  

    – Eric and Lauren Bloom
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