What makes your wine tours different from the others?  To begin with, our intention is to help you "expand your ability to smell & taste" wine  and to have a most enjoyable time learning to do so.    At the first winery, I spend quality time sharing information while demonstrating the techniques that will enable you to do this and this is not intimidating at all.  It is after all..just food in a bottle. You are not dropped off at the door and left to wait in line while we wait outside.  The wineries appreciate the Nose For Wine educational tours and work along side to share all the relevant information and you are treated like royalty in a "reserved for you" place in the tasting rooms. They also allow us to "dirty lots of glasses" while doing this!  You quickly are recognized as a "special customer" because your intention is to learn and enjoy not to just go out and get...well...you know...hammered.

There has been some national negative press regarding the party bus and limo wine tours, do you use limos or party buses?  No...no we don't but thats not to say we don't have a ...         GOOD TIME.  And right you are about the press thing, and it is being delt with in their own way. Since Sideways...there indeed has been an increase in drunkeness arriving at the winery tasting rooms.  And not much appreciated by the staffs.  To each his own we say...we are more about having you long remember your tour with every glass of wine you ever drink...remember how that was the day the light went on and you began getting all the promise that was put into the bottle out and enjoying every drop.  We love it when the staff opens the door for you instead of hiding behind it.

Do I have to know anything to be part of a class?  Absolutely not....that is why learning about wine and how to correctly taste it is so much fun. You will be totally surprised on how many flavors and fine aromas, (smells) there are once you begin the learning adventure.

Do you really bring your classes to our location?  Yes we do.  We have found it convenient for people to hold our fun classes at their homes or offices.  You may host a wine tasting class as we bring 3 eight foot tables, white linen table cloths, 4 different styles of Riedel glasses, 6 different wines, lessons notes and of course....appetizers.   It is becoming a unique and popular way to entertain and learn about wine in the comfort of your surroundings.  

Is this a Wine 101 class or more?  Much more!   Actually in the 2 1/2 hours most of what is in 101 and 102 classes is covered.  And much more valuable information is included in this class rarely included in the normal 101 or 102 classes.

I read reviews about wines in newspapers and magazines and I am not sure what all those terms mean.  Will these be explained?  The wine vocabulary is not an alien language but a first blush it might seem so.  Part of our introductory class is spent having fun with all this wine speak while you are becoming familiar with the various tastes of wines.

Will I be able to purchase the wine we taste during the class after the class is over?  We do not sell wine.  Our classes are designed to introduce you to the world of wine and how to correctly taste and recognize the various enjoyable aspects of wine.  But during the classes we do discuss where to go to find excellent wine at reasonable prices.

Will there be information about what wines go best with what food?  Absolutely!  You know it is almost impossible to discuss wine without talking about food pairings with it.  And with the appetizers we provide, you will be able to sample and learn some traditional and excting unusual matches.

What if I flunk the class?  Flunk a wine tasting class?  I love it.  Well then, just like the 3rd grade, you will have to take it again.  And you will be asigned some homework!  Actually we have students that do take the lesson notes and follow them at home and have great fun tasting and rediscovering the subtle nuances encountered in the class.

My friend attended your class with wine from different countries, is this a different class ?  Actually no, these are very fun and informative classes we call Wines Of The World.  It is the same education class but with the added bonus of featuring unique wines from the various grape growing regions of the world.  So you not only learn how to smell, taste and appreciate wine but have the added entertainment of learning about some of the different styles of winemakers outside the US.  One of my favorite classes!  And yes...the wines you drink are available locally

Are there really four ways to drink wine ?  Yes there are ! And most of us are very practised at the first and that would be "gulping." But...during the class you learn how to drink the other three ways and discover a whole new world of flavors.

"What you learn consciously, you will apply subconsciously."

                    The Toad lives...