Food and Wine Pairing Tip #1
Try pairing saltcrusted red meat
with a tannic young red.
The effect on the wine can
be profound.
Food and Wine Pairing Tip #2
Instead of pairing flavours , try pairing intensity. Delicate foods typically go better with delicately flavoured wines .
Western Australia produces less than 5% of Australia’s wine grape crush, yet from this produces 20% of Australia’s premium wines.
Most wines shows in Australia
use the 20 point judging scale.
Of which anything below 14/20 is considered faulty and anything over 18.5/20 is a Gold Medal.
Almost all wine grape vineyards lie
between the latitudes of 30 and
50 degrees, northern or southern hemisphere.
Great Grape Synonyms #1 Mourvedre is
Mataro is
Monastrell
Great Grape Synonyms #2 Pinot Noir is
Pinot Nero is
Spatburgunder is Blauburgunder
Great Grape Synonyms #3 Tempranillo is
Cencibel is Tinta Roriz is Aragonez (+many more)
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Who Are Full Bottle
“At Full Bottle, we believe ‘knowledge enhances enjoyment’. The more you know, the more you can enjoy it and the easier it is to select a better bottle. Above all, wine should be fun … and of course, extremely tasty” Paul (Ed) Edwards
Full Bottle was established by Paul (Ed) Edwards in 2011, initially to bring the internationally recognised WSET wine qualifications to Perth. We also run private events and a range of other courses for all levels of interest.
Whether you are an enthusiastic beginner keen to learn the basics of wine, a sommelier looking for palate training and professional certification, or somewhere in between, Full Bottle has a course to suit you.
We regularly run private events, from corporate icebreakers to ‘Champagne Masterclasses’. Most events are interactive and fun with plenty of tasting for all or if you prefer to get nerdy we’ll be more than happy to oblige.
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Thanks for contributing to what was a very enjoyable evening.
Food, service and wine education was fantastic! I’m looking forward to arranging another one perhaps towards Summer.
It was such a well-executed evening, all the feedback I've received has been really positive and everyone has commented on what a phenomenal job you did!
I'm really happy with the result and I won't hesitate to pass on your details to anyone planning that sort of event, so thanks again.
Thanks for Saturday’s course I thoroughly enjoyed it. Despite the fact it was a basic course I felt I learnt a lot. You have a very relaxed style of passing on information. Thanks again.
Russell Dronfield
I just wanted to write and say thank you once again for a wonderful wine tasting session on Friday. You fulfilled the brief for the afternoon perfectly and we both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Meg Ritchie
Once again, Anna and I thoroughly enjoyed the ‘Bootfull of Wine’ course. It was obvious that a lot of thought had gone into this course and I felt all aspects of it (presentation, content, wines tasted and length of course) were very good. I knew a little bit about Italian wine but now feel a lot more knowledgeable whilst also having been made aware of the complexity and vastness of the topic!
Helen Morgan
I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the Basics class taught by Maurice earlier this month. He is an enthusiastic and very enjoyable lecturer.
Charles N. White
Just a quick email to let you know that we had a very enjoyable and informative Wine Basics session last Saturday with Maurice.
