Asheville School of Wine at Metro Wines
Launches New Wine Courses and Wine Credential Programs
In collaboration with MWWine School, in August ASW launches a new slate of wine classes and seminars for novices, industry professionals, wine enthusiasts and wine lovers, including The Wine Scholar Guild’s French and Spanish Wine Scholar credential programs. All to be hosted by Metro Wines.
Asheville School of Wine is expanding its wine education offerings with a new series of tasting seminars as well as globally recognized wine certification programs ideal for both industry professionals and wine enthusiasts and novices. The new program launches in August with two fun and interactive tasting seminars – How to Taste Wine Like a Pro and How to Pair Food and Wine. Among the wine credential programs to be offered are the world-renowned Wine Scholar Guild’s (WSG) French Wine and Spanish Wine Scholar credentials, in collaboration with MWWine School.
The new classes will be taught by certified wine educator and sommelier Melanie Webber, who holds the coveted Diploma in Wine and Spirits from WSET, as well as the Wine Scholar Guild’s French Wine Scholar and Spanish Wine Scholar certifications. In addition to teaching WSG courses, Melanie directs The Wine House’s WSET APP Award in Wines satellite education program in Paso Robles, CA and has helped hundreds of industry professionals achieve their certifications. Melanie’s MWWine School is an approved program provider for the WSG’s Spanish and French Wine Scholar courses.
“We are excited to expand The Asheville School of Wine’s curriculum to include both certification programs and fun and educational tasting seminars,” said Zach Eidson, General Manager of Metro Wines. “Our expanded program is designed to help wine industry professionals achieve their wine certifications and wine lovers deepen their appreciation and understanding of wine.”
“How to Taste Wine Like a Pro” held August 10th, 2022 6:30 – 8:30 PM offers a great refresher for those in the know, and a fun primer and confidence builder for those who are just starting their wine exploration, helping attendees learn how to assess wine quality, just as the professionals do, through an easy-to-implement tasting system. It includes tasting of eight wines, a take-home tasting grid, and a collaborative blind tasting. Click here to register.
“How to Pair Food and Wine” held August 11th, 2022 6:30 – 8:30 PM focuses on the key principles behind successful food and wine pairing, helping attendees learn which food components are wine enemies, which are wine friends. Through interactive exercises, the session will illustrate why all palates are not the same, that individual preferences are key, while also demonstrating why pairings like Brut Champagne and wedding cake can be a definite don’t! The session includes the tasting of six wines, food and wine pairing exercises, and more. Click here to register.
The French and Spanish Wine Scholar™ education programs are the most advanced, comprehensive, and up-to-date French and Spanish wine courses available. Each syllabus takes a regional approach and discusses all French and Spanish wine appellations and the factors that shape their identities. It provides committed students of wine with an unparalleled set of study tools that are designed to maximize learning and boost knowledge retention.
The Spanish Wine Scholar and French Wine Scholar study and certification programs confer a post-nominal to wine professionals and enthusiasts who successfully pass the certification exam, SWS or FWS. With a school network encompassing 30 countries on 5 continents, the SWS and FWS credentials have true international recognition. The courses will be offered, starting late summer/early Fall in a hybrid format, part live webinar, part in-person guided tastings.
“The study and teaching materials of the Wine Scholar Guild are brilliant and I am thrilled to bring this program to students of wine in this incredible, world-class food and wine city,” said Melanie Webber. “I am so excited to be working with The Asheville School of Wine, part of Metro Wines, one of the premier wine shops in the Southeast, to help area wine and food professionals, and wine enthusiasts, increase their knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the wines of the world. Whether a student is an industry professional or beginning wine student, my mission is to enhance their joy of wine discovery, increase their wine knowledge and further develop their palates with a ‘no-snobs-allowed’ approach.”
About Asheville School of Wine:
The Asheville School of Wine was founded in 2014 by Gina Trippi, John Kerr, Kendal Klein, and Andy Hale at Metro Wines. The goal is to educate, inspire and encourage knowledge of wine in Asheville, and to help make it a worldwide culinary destination. ASW aims to provide the citizens of Asheville with the tools to become educated and knowledgeable consumers of wine, as well as giving the food and beverage professionals the skills to provide world class service and increase their tip percentages. Asheville School of Wine has partnered with MWWine School to expand their offerings, qualifications and Curriculum.
MWWine School is on a mission to help wine professionals and wine enthusiasts increase their knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the wines of the world. Dedicated to sharing the joy of wine discovery with a ‘no-snobs-allowed’ approach, MWWine School helps students find, develop and broaden their wine palates in a systematic, dynamic, and fun way. By offering some of the industry’s – and the world’s – most respected and most rewarding certification courses, MWWine School brings greater knowledge, tasting discipline and perspective about the constantly evolving wine universe to the wine industry. With the goal of enhancing the wine experience of wine enthusiasts, wine professionals, food and wine service personnel and, by extension, their customers, MWWine School offers wine certification classes, tasting workshops and wine seminars in Paso Robles, California, Los Angeles, California, Asheville North Carolina and virtually across the wine-a-verse. MWWine School is a Wine Scholar Guild Approved Program Provider for Spanish Wine Scholar and French Wine Scholar certification curriculums.
The Wine Scholar Guild (www.winescholarguild.org) provides specialized study & certification programs on the wines of France for the professional development of wine industry members and committed students of wine. Other areas of study include the wines of Italy and Spain.
