Structure First
A 20-Session
Wine Course
Wine taught the way you'd diligence a deal: decompose it into measurable parts, name each, judge the whole. Seven files, twenty sessions, one habit — reason from grape, place, and cellar to structure, then confirm it in the glass.
0 of 20 sessions complete
How to use this. Keep all eight files in the same folder, then open the modules below in order. Progress, quiz scores, and tasting notes are saved on your device and shared across every file, so the meter above is cumulative. · Two caveats: saved progress works when you open files in your own browser (not always inside a chat preview); and tasting needs actual wine — it's the one thing the course can't supply.
A · Foundations & Method
01–03Foundations, the SAT & white grapes
The grape→place→cellar chain, the five structural components, the Systematic Approach to Tasting with palate calibration, and the major white grapes. Includes the structure instrument and tasting log.
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B · Grapes & the Old World
04–06Black grapes · Bordeaux · Burgundy
The major reds, then the two reference regions of the wine world — Bordeaux's two banks and Burgundy's quality pyramid. Interactive maps, the appellation decoder, the price-curve pyramid.
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07–09Rhône-Loire-Alsace · Italy · Spain & Portugal
The rest of France, the three corners of Italy with the Super Tuscan story, and Iberia with the Rioja aging ladder. Maps and decoders carry the density.
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10–12Germany & Austria · USA · Australia & NZ
The coolest regions and the Prädikat ladder, the Old World→New World pivot, then California and the Antipodes. Where the New World begins (Block C).
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C–D · New World close & Specialized Styles
13–15S. America & S. Africa · Sparkling · Fortified & sweet
Altitude-driven Malbec and Carménère, the two sparkling methods with the dosage trap, and fortified wine where fortification timing decides sweetness.
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E–F · Application, Investing & Exam
16–18Service & faults · Price vs quality · Wine as an asset
Serving, faults, and pairing logic; the BLIC quality framework against price drivers; and wine as an investment — with the 10-year index chart and the live cost-drag calculator.
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19–20Buying, holding, selling · Consolidation & exam
Buying channels, provenance, the US/California tax reality, then the whole-course synthesis, WSET exam technique, and a comprehensive final mock.
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After the course
Where this gets you
- Genuinely Level 2-ready — sit a provider mock, clear ~70%, book the exam.
- A real Level 3 scaffold (not L3 mastery): enroll with an approved provider for the in-person tasting tutorial and exam.
- Able to evaluate wine as an asset — read Liv-ex, run the cost-drag math, and see through a sales pitch.
- Keep a running SAT tasting log. Reps are the one thing only bottles can give you.