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Coming from the Metro-East St. Louis area, I have pretty
much taught myself everything I know about wine over the nine
years that I've been in the wine industry. There hasn't been
anyone for me to learn from who knew more than I did, or who
really could teach what they did know, with the exception of an
occasional afternoon seminar in Chicago and a two-day
seminar with the Court of Master Sommeliers I attended a
few years ago. I would read the trade magazines and other
books, and then pass the information along to our staff in
daily preshift meetings and weekly wine classes I'd conduct
with our server staff. But I really felt the need to connect with
wine people who knew more than I did, people who could
answer questions that I wasn't getting answered.

Then I discovered the St. Louis Wine Clinic. It met at an
inconvenient time for me, it would take over an hour to
commute round trip, and cost $250.00. Eight sessions later I
can tell you that it's the best time and money I've spent on
wine education. It took me to the next level of understanding
that I couldn't have achieved on my own. The presenters
spoke with the insights of people who had visited the different
wine regions of the world. They can tell you how to
differentiate between a Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand
and one from Bordeaux. They have helped me learn far more
about "blind tasting" and identification of different grape
varietals and regions than I have found referenced in any
book. And they've done all of this in a fun, winsome, and
down-to-earth way.

I also met great people from the St. Louis area, both
wine-industry professionals and people not in the industry
who just want to learn more about wine.

Now that it's complete, I miss our Sunday afternoon group
and look forward to attending other St. Louis Wine Clinic
events in the future.

Jeff Callahan
Sommelier, Porter's Steakhouse, Collinsville
President, St. Louis Wine Cats
Bõdi Wines, LLC
Spring 2009 Wine Classes
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                               Intermediate Series

Monday:
Feb 2nd        Production & Major Grape Varieties

Feb 9th         United States & South America

Feb 23rd       Alsace, Austria & Germany

Mar. 9th        Australia, New Zealand & Service Elements

Mar. 23rd      Lorie Valley, Champagne, Burgundy

Apr. 6th        Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Southern France

Apr. 20th      Spain, Portugal & Fortified Wines

May 4th        Italy

Complete 8 week course        $300
Individual Classes                   $50  
   Wine Basics Series

Join us for this six part series focused on
the fundamentals of how to taste wine,
popular wine varietals & regions

Saturday:
Feb 21st        Cabernet

Feb 28th        Pinot Noir

Mar. 7th.        Syrah

Mar. 14th       Chardonnay

Mar 21st        Sauvignon Blanc

Mar. 28th       Riesling

Complete 6 week course        $200
Individual Classes                  $40