A Step by Step INTRODUCTION TO WINE APPRECIATION.

This Wine Appreciation Kit provides wine lovers with an accessible guide to evaluate wine professionally. This tasting kit has been created under the direction of Philip Rich, a professional Australian wine taster and judge. It contains everything you need to evaluate the quality and character of the wines you have purchased and provides a fun way of learning the secrets of sophisticated wine appreciation. Through the step-by-step evaluation process, you will begin to train your eye, nose and palate. Wine tasting is an ancient art and a refined understanding of this process will lead to an increase in the pleasure, enjoyment and knowledge of the wines you are drinking.

THE WHITE WINE APPRECIATION KIT CONTAINS:

10 White Wine Aroma liquids in glass bottles:
~ Grapefruit
~ Lemon
~ Lime
~ Melon
~ Apricot
~ White Peach
~ Tropical
~ Kiwi Fruit
~ Butterscotch
~ Charry/Vanillin Oak

Professional Wine Appreciation Manual includes:
~ Hosting a wine tasting event
~ Wine Buying Tips
~ Evaluating Appearance
~ White Wine Colour References
~ Understanding your Nose
~ Wine Faults
~ Evaluating Aroma & Bouquet
~ White Wine Varieties
~ Understanding your Palate
~ Evaluating Flavour
~ Wine Glossary

White Wine Tasting Record Book:
~ Keep a record of your wines in this professionally formatted book.

Wine Nose Evaluation Strips:
Convenient paper blotting strips for accurate aroma sampling and evaluation of single or multiple aroma liquids (allowing you to dupliacte multiple aromas found in wine).

About the Wine Tasting Kit Aroma Liquids:
A lot of work has gone into the aromas and we believe that they are the most accurate wine aromas available on the market. The expertise of wine judge Philip Rich and Dr Charles Cornwell, a leader in the field of organic chemistry, were combined. Each aroma was validated and tuned to the finest specification, a process that took over twelve months.

The Wine Appreciation Kit aromas come in quality glass bottles. As long as the bottles are stored in a cool, dark environment, shelf life is almost unlimited.

Who is Philip Rich - an Expert in Fine Wine?
As the Liquor Operations Manager for leading Melbourne restaurants, Circa, Prince of Wales and The Stokehouse, Philip Rich knows a lot about wine. More to the point, he knows how to communicate that knowledge; he is a wine writer for the Australian Financial Review Magazine and Gourmet Traveller Wine. For the second year running Philip has also been awarded The Age Good Food Guide’s Best Wine list of the year for his work at Circa Prince of Wales.

With his long experience in almost all areas of the wine industry – as a critic, wine writer, retailer and buyer, Philip has extensive knowledge of, and a passion for wine wherever it is made. From the latest Pinot Noir from Central Otago in New Zealand to the most recent Bordeaux vintage report, Philip is likely to have an opinion!

PRESS CLIPPINGS FOR THE WINE APPRECIATION KIT:

“I did approach the kits with cynicism but, not for the first time, I was completely wrong… If you’re into wine, then buy a kit…There’s hours of enjoyment for wine nerds like me” - Herald Sun – Sunday Magazine - Wining : pg 37 - January 4, 2003 - Author : Stuart Gregor

“If you’re tired of just buying bottles for your keen wine friend, add to the knowledge bank with a Wine Appreciation Kit… Lots of fun for all the family” - The Advertiser (Adelaide) - Food & Wine : Pg 64 - December 10, 2003

“Love drinking wine but want to know more? Increase your quaffing pleasure by training your eye, nose and palate for a suitable drop… The kit is an accessible guide providing a fun way to learn the secrets of sophisticated wine appreciation” - Quest Kudos - Pg 11 - Issue 04 Summer 2003/04

“Here is one of the more innovative gift suggestions for wine lovers” - Sunday Mail - Taste Section : Pg 120 - December 14, 2003

“The manual is well written, clear and concise. It tells you how to use the kit, and which combinations of which aromas should be found in wines from different grape varieties… this is a good checklist for getting started” - Australian Financial Review Magazine - Pg 67 - Summer 2003 - Author : Kate McIntyre

“Having tried them out on a wine appreciation class they deliver highly concentrated and accurate aromas… if you got a kit for Christmas you could be boring your mated with your expertise by the New Year” - Sunday Tasmanian - Sunday Taste : Pg 51 - November 30, 2003

“They’re a DIY way of training yourself to evaluate wine using sight, taste and bouquet” - Hearld Sun - City Style : Pg 15 - December 2, 2003

“An Aussie version of the very French, very expensive Le Nez du Vin… It shares the French product’s philosophy of encouraging wine lovers to learn more about wine identification” - The Age - Epicure : Pg 17 - Tuesday October 7, 2003