Member Events & Webinars

With four live events each month, plus 200 past webinar video recordings available in our library, members have access to top experts and world-class continuing education.

Wine education is an ongoing journey, keep yours in motion!

At the Heart of Alpine Wines

Summary: At the heart of the Alps: unearthing Europe’s mountain wines The concept of “Alpine wines” has been garnering more attention in recent years, with wine lovers keen to experience racy, altitude-inspired grape varieties and styles. From South Tyrol; the Aosta Valley; Haute Savoie and onwards to the enigmatic vineyards…

Wine of Tomorrow: Michelle Bouffard and Mac Forbes

PLEASE NOTE, THIS WEBINAR IS NOT AT OUR REGULAR TIME TO ACCOMMODATE FOR MAC IN YARRA VALLEY Summary Is making wine in Australia sustainable considering all of the challenges the country is facing with climate change? Speaking to producer Mac Forbes certainly gives hopes. Based in the Yarra Valley, Forbes…

Beyond the Basics: Alcohol

Summary Join Benoît Marsan PhD, Professor of Science and Wine at the Université du Québec à Montréal as he explores one of wines most crucial components - alcohol. Often over-simplified and regularly misunderstood, the affect of alcohol on our experience of tasting a wine as well as the stability of…

Wines of Romania with Marinela Ardelean

About Marinela Ardelean Marinela Ardelean is a wine and spirits expert from Maramures, Transylvania. Her love of wine began when studying abroad for her MBA in Italy. Italy, now her second home, inspired her first book which paired the then unknown Romanian wines with dishes from fine Italian cuisine. Since…

Rethinking the Lexicons of Wine

Summary The wine industry relies on the ability of wine communicators to persuade consumers to taste, but today’s wine lexicon often falls short of its objectives. Wine writing relies on metaphor and analogy that may be unfamiliar to many global wine lovers, while point scores, with their veneer of objectivity,…

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