1 \ Module 1: Sommelier
This Sommelier online course is structured in 9 teaching units that are divided into two modules.
This first module includes the following didactic units, and each of them the contents indicated:
Unit 1: History, viticulture and oenology
- He came from the beginning
- Vine morphology
- The ripening of the vine
Unit 2: Wine Geography
- Definitions of wine products and areas
- Designations of origin
- Location of DO Galicia
- Basque Country
- Castile and Leon
- Navarre
- Aragon
- The Rioja
- Catalonia
- Estremadura
- Balearics
- Canary Islands
- Levante (Valencia and Murcia)
- La Mancha and Madrid
- Digging
- Andalusia
Unit 3: Tasting, methods and effects
- The wine
- Acid substances
- The sweetness of the wine
- Volatile compounds
- Other components
- Compound scents
- Fundamental concepts for tasting
- Organization and training
- Tasting terminology
- The tasting
- The color of the wine
- Smells and aromas
- Taste
- Tasting method
- Detectable defects in wines
- Vocabulary
Unit 4: Functions of the sommelier. Wine services and customer service
- Sommelier functions
- Pairing of wines and dishes
- Presentation, temperature and opening of wines
- Customer Support
Unit 5: Dish-wine pairing
- Pairing
- recommendations
- Plate and wine
- recommendations
Unit 6: Warehouse management. Purchase, sale and elaboration of wine lists
- Business planning
- Creation and renovation of the winery
- Winery conditions
- Current management and accounting
- The calculation of the surcharge
- Wine and dishes menu
Unit 7: Distillates
- Most consumed spirits
- Distillation
- Cognac, brandies and armagnac
- Marc and marc spirits
- Fruit brandies
- Rum, cachaça and tequila
- Grain distillates
- Anise
- Vermouth
- Spirits
- Fortified wines
- Whiskey and bourbon
- Preliminary considerations
Unit 8: Other complementary products
- Approach to extra virgin olive oil
- The tea
- Mushrooms
- Truffle
- The cheese
2 \ Module 2: Legal aspects of viticulture: 1 \ Module 1: Sommelier
Unit 9: Legal aspects of viticulture
- Applicable legislation
- Definition of wine
- Vine varieties
- Production
- Protection levels
- Notes on the characteristics of the wines
- Wine registration and mandatory declarations
- Packaging
- Labelled
- Organic wine
- Regulatory councils
- Regulations and specifications
- Sanctions regime