Crash Course: What’s in a Label?

Crash Course Wine Seminars are back after the Riot! and they’re better than ever. It’s summertime 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, our goal is to empower you, the drinker, with more knowledge about wine by way of expert education and tasty sips. We are working with Boston’s top names in wine to bring and fun, informative and most importantly, completely unpretentious wine class. All Crash Courses are $10 a person, and include 4-6 different wines to taste and a whole lot of expert knowledge.

Get Your Learn On

Jeff Golden, Wine Buyer and all around rockstar at Downtown Wine & Spirits, along with experienced Second Glass Staffers, will bust knowledge and pour glasses of great vino.

Where: Downtown Wine & Spirits [225 Elm St, Somerville, MA]

When: Wednesday, June 24th from 7-8pm

Cost: $10

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!