Fellowship

What this stage covers

• The wider world of wine, from Austria to Georgia
• Sweet, fortified, sparkling and skin-contact wines at the table
• Fine wine, the classifications, and the names worth knowing
• Beer, cider, sake, spirits and the no-and-low shelf
• Wine in practice: law, pricing, service and cost
• The final written and tasting examination

How it works

The Coach is question-led. You are shown a real dish-and-wine pairing or a question about it, and you answer; the explanation appears straight after, so you learn the why by doing rather than by reading ahead. The stages are taken in order, building on what you already know.