When you’ve finished watching stand-ups do skits about scrotums and coining street performers for mutilating themselves, you might like to try something a little classier.
Wine tasting is a distant affair to many of us but, luckily, the only thing you really need to do is pay attention to what you’re putting in your mouth and the rest follows naturally. To cultivate our tastes, the Case Studies Wine School has chosen six complementary bottles: similar enough for you to notice subtle distinctions yet different enough to broaden your experience.
You are not expected to know how to talk in the flowery jargon but you are expected to have a slight clue of what you like as each event has a different selection. The hostess is enthusiastic and knowledgeable and quite prepared to enter a discussion or answer questions — this is not a lecture — it’s a cosy and personal experience.
The canal barge is a charming setting, the wines themselves are delicious, and it’s not even that expensive. A word of warning, a day or two later you might sip a glass of ordinary plonk and spit it out
4/5 
Bernie Greenwood
