The Second Glass Crash Course: What's in a label? June 24, 2009

Get Your Learn On!

Crash Course Wine Seminars are back after Wine Riot! and they're better than ever. It's starting to warm up in Boston and we have a whole new slew of courses coming up designed to turn you and your friends into wine badasses.

As usual, the goal of The Second Glass is to empower you, the drinker, with more knowledge about wine by way of expert education and tasty sips. We are working with the top names in wine that Boston has to offer to bring and fun, informative and most importantly, completely unpretentious wine class.

Crash Course: What's in a Label

What's in a label?! How a bottle looks and what it says are a huge part of deciding to take it home with you. We'll taste some "critter" labels versus some old school Chateau-inspired ones and more! And what about those little cards you see in front of some wines in stores? Shelf talkers also have a role in helping you pick out your flavor of the week (or, let's be honest, night!). We'll go through what they say, who and where they come from, and how to read them effectively to get information that will actually help you score some killer wine. In a Crash Course based on Wine Buying 101, we'll help you decipher what labels & shelf talkers mean, and how to pick out some great vino in your local wine shop!