Learning about wine? View our NOSE YOUR WINE videos

At wine.co.za we feel passionately about empowering and informing people. The vast majority of people in South Africa are not necessarily exposed to a wine culture. Being in the wine industry ourselves we take it for granted that everyone knows that wine is made from grape juice and that harvest takes place in the summer.

For this 12-part video series, we start at the very beginning. I think many people are too intimidated to ask - What is wine? How is wine made? We hope to answer these basic questions about wine and service.

The videos are available freely to anyone interested in learning more. They are short, to the point, simple and easy and they can be watched over and over again, without the viewer feeling that they are asking stupid questions. For anyone in the hospitality industry - from Food & Beverage management to wine waitering staff - what could be simpler than spending 2 or 3 minutes before service watching a video on your phone - thus honing your skills and knowledge.

The structure of this first series of NOSE YOUR WINE videos is as follows:

BASICS OF WINE

1. What is wine?
2. Varieties & Cultivars
3. How is wine made?
4. Types of wine
5. How to taste wine
6. Matching wine with food (coming )

SERVICE TIPS

1. Tools of the trade
2. Know your wine list
3. Serving a bottle of still wine
4. Serving a bottle of bubbly
5. Serving wine at the table
6. How to store wine 

Just visit our LEARN environment on wine.co.za and let us know what you think.