Class Lectures--not sequential!   

Wine holds a special place in the world. In every country where it is made, wine plays a role far more important than a mere beverage,...

Babylonia, Sumer, et. alia The original vines of prehistory were vitis sylvestris and vitis vinifera. The ancient peoples in the Caucasus...

Dionysus, God of Wine: In the legend of Dionysus, the god came from Lydia, as did the skill of the winemaker. The Dionysian tradition...

Friends, Romans, and Countrymen--which was Shakespeare, not Roman While the Greeks were likely to drink wine at a Symposium, the Romans...

From the Fall of Rome to the Black Death--1000 years of Darkness? A thousand years of darkness? Well, yes and no. By the time the Roman...

Wine and the Renaissance What was the Renaissance? Literally, a rebirth--re- naissance, So a rebirth of what, exactly?When we look...

A History of Medicine: 2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root." 1000 A.D. - "That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer." 1850 A.D. - "That...

Wine gives us a connection with the natural world---the passage of time and the turn of the seasons... Since the earliest times, the...

In the beginning... Wine was fermented in open top fermenters and stored in sealed clay jars. The youngest wine was the best, because...

Great quotes about wine in addition to these materials, the class will listen to a recording of Roald Dahl's short story Taste and...

The rest of the world: Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa/Islam-China, Japan, and Polynesia, Banana Beer In addition to a class lecture, we...

Because this lecture is so dependent upon visual images, there is not text to follow. However, there are a few key themes that we...

Wine and the Service Ritual It’s one of the great fears of modern life:You are in a fine dining restaurant, and the sommelier approaches...

Festivals are a celebration of the community--a chance to share our identity with each other and the world. In the USA we don't have a...

This is a live interaction class only. Students are expected to present one of the wines to the class as part of their course work. To...

Wine has been a part of religious ceremonies since before history began. And it continues to play a role in sacred ceremonies today. If...

This lectures depends enormously on combining the lecture itself with musical selections. Without these selections, the lecture has...