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Intermediate Level 2 | 20 Hours
₴10,000.00
The Intermediate Level 2 course builds on Level 1 with 20 hours of curriculum and an additional tasting component. For theory, students will cover important events in California's wine history timeline and identify key figures who helped shape the state’s wine industry, as well as:
- Learn about important geographical factors in major California regions such as rivers, dry creeks and important mountain ranges including the Coastal Range, Mayacamas Mountains, the Vaca Range and Santa Cruz Mountains.
- Take a deeper look at seven of California’s key grape varieties by exploring the growing regions where they are grown and their distinctive taste profiles.
- Build an understanding of the vine's annual life cycle and related terms, including flowering, bud break, véraison, trellising, pruning, green harvest, harvest timing, and more.
- Learn winemaking fundamentals and explore cooperage variations (French vs. American vs. other European oak) and how oak selection affects wine style.
- Delve deeper into historic AVAs in Lodi and the Sacramento Delta, Mendocino County, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, Monterey County and Santa Cruz Mountains.
- Learn about important geographical factors in major California regions such as rivers, dry creeks and important mountain ranges including the Coastal Range, Mayacamas Mountains, the Vaca Range and Santa Cruz Mountains.
- Take a deeper look at seven of California’s key grape varieties by exploring the growing regions where they are grown and their distinctive taste profiles.
- Build an understanding of the vine's annual life cycle and related terms, including flowering, bud break, véraison, trellising, pruning, green harvest, harvest timing, and more.
- Learn winemaking fundamentals and explore cooperage variations (French vs. American vs. other European oak) and how oak selection affects wine style.
- Delve deeper into historic AVAs in Lodi and the Sacramento Delta, Mendocino County, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, Monterey County and Santa Cruz Mountains.