Welcome to Week 1. This week you’ll build a mental map of the wine world — where the important regions are, why they produce the styles they do, and how to start connecting what’s in your glass to where it came from.

What You’ll Learn

  • Major wine regions and their signature styles (Old World and New World)
  • How climate, soil, and geography shape what wine tastes like
  • Key sub-regions worth knowing (the ones that come up in conversation)
  • Practical tasting skills through side-by-side comparison exercises

Week 1 Schedule

Day Topic Activity
Day 1 Old World Regions Read + tasting (same grape, different worlds)
Day 2 New World Regions Read + blind tasting exercise
Day 3 Climate & Terroir Read + climate comparison tasting
Day 4 Tasting Challenges Grape game + blend vs. single variety
Day 5 Review & Quiz Wrap-up, quiz, World Tour challenge

Time Estimate

~4-5 hours over the week: about 2 hours of reading and 2-3 hours of tasting activities spread across 4 days.

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