Calling all studious sommeliers: bone up on your bottles and get to know your grapes with today’s deal!

We’re offering you an online wine pairing and tasting course for €11, an online wine making course for €13 or both courses for just €21, saving you up to 90% off Blue Mountain Training Solutions' prices (1) (2) (converted using xe.com: correct as of 2.2.17).

If you’re crazy about Cabernet and want to master your Merlot, you can take your first steps on a wine-soaked journey of self-discovery with these delectable online courses. With the wine pairing and tasting course, you’ll learn how to perfect your palate and understand which wines complement which dishes. Through a variety of learning resources including lectures, games, quizzes and exam simulators, you’ll gain the knowledge of wine varieties, wine-producing regions and tasting techniques that will prepare you for that next step in your career.

If you want to delve further into the fascinating world of viniculture, this winemaking course is for you. Overseen by certified wine expert Todd York, you’ll work your way through 16 modules covering all aspects of the winemaking process, allowing you to make your very own vintage from the comfort of your home. Fermenting, degassing, bottling, blending, pairing, tasting - it’s all here! With 24-hour technical phone support and access to a comprehensive overview of the subject delivered over the course of a year, you’ll be a veteran vintner in no time!

Modules Wine Pairing and Tasting

• Introduction and white wines
• Glassware, temperature, storage and ratings
• Red wines
• Regions (Europe; Europe continued; North America; South America, Australia and New Zealand)

Winemaking

• Introduction
• Supplies and ingredients needed
• Cleaning and prepping equipment
• Chemicals processing aids and oaks
• Wine kits and making watermelon Merlot
• Making Amarone
• Apple cider wine
• Degassing wine
• Adding more ingredients to your wine
• Gentle punch down and degassing of Amarone
• Reracking the Amarone
• Different wine varietals
• Hydrometer
• Wine yeast
• Wine blending and food pairing
• Bottling the apple cider wine