I.S.G. Week 2

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I.S.G. Week 2
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Quiz (15 min)
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Language Development (15 min)
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Food and Wine Component Pairing (30 min)

• Objective
• Highlight the unique attributes of a particular
  wine and how it relates to food and wine pairing

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Food and Wine Component Pairing (30 min)

• Procedure
• Taste all wines blind and determine key
  attributes
• Taste wine 1 with each food ingredient and note
  what the result is

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Food and Wine Component Pairing (30 min)

• Summary
• Acid neutralizes acid
• Sweetness neutralizes sweetness
• Salt neutralizes acid and tannin
• Soft cheese with mildly tannic wines
• Hard cheese with tannic wines

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Cabernet Sauvignon notes (20 min)
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Pinot Noir Notes (20 min)
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Practical Tasting (45 min)
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Lunch Break (60 min)
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Quiz (15 min)
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Service Aspects (45 min)

• Sommeliers role
• Opening bottles
• Handling corkscrews
• Managing clients expectations
• Training

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Service Aspects (45 min)

• Demonstrate corkscrew use
• Differences of opening a white versus red wine
• Opening a bottle of sparkling wine
• Removal of cage and cork

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Service Aspects (45 min)

• Decanting
• Reasons for
• Sediment
• Aeration
• Showmanship
• Proper etiquette
• Serving temperatures

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Language Development (30 min)
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Gewurztraminer notes
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Pinot Gris notes
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Muscat notes
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Chenin Blanc notes
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Riesling notes
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Practical tasting (45 min)