So you know these don't help you be more at ease to describe wine aromas.
The PATH program teaches you the fundamentals of wine tasting,
gives you a step-by-step process to learn wine aroma at home, and
prepares you to deepen your practice when you join the PATH program - Level Two.
Often wondering if you're drinking a different wine than the one described on the back label
Working hard to pass with distinction your next blind tasting exam.
Working in the wine industry and wanting to develop new skills to grow professionally.
Let me tell you exactly how the PATH program - Level One will help you trust your senses more and become super confident when tasting wine.
The PATH program - Level One delivers the essential knowledge, tools, and professional coaching that will boost your self-assurance to pursue your training to the next level.
It's the first step on the path to wine aroma description proficiency.
"Isabelle packaged her extensive experience into this program to help you learn how to listen to your nose. the PATH is an excellent introduction to wine tasting. It complements the Wine Aroma Wheel I created to change the wine language from vague and non-descriptive to specific and meaningful. Highly recommended."
Dr. Ann C. Noble
Professor Emeritus - University of California at Davis
"Isabelle is extremely knowledgeable, patient, pragmatic, and helpful. Thank you for the course content and for putting me on a solid path as I continue my journey to enhance my wine tasting skills. "
Steve Snow
Wine enthusiast and Founding Member of this course
I created this training program based on solid sensory science principles and years of practical experience. Hundreds of people went through this proven system to become discerning and confident tasters.
Isabelle Lesschaeve, PhD
Your course instructor and wine tasting coach
"I took the WSET Level 1 and Level 2 courses in which I learned the wine lexicon and discovered 40 aromas. However, I was not taught about the potential aroma sources or how to practice aroma identification at home. I now feel more confident to train myself and to describe wine aroma."
Dariusz Dudziak
Wine sales consultant, UK
""Isabelle has put together a different wine appreciation course focused on the aroma of wine, and she even shows you how to make the aroma at home. This course is very relevant for the wine enthusiast. "
Rob Hodge
Wine Enthusiast, Australia
"This course takes the wine tasting experience to specific ways of learning I have never had before. It's a foundation class that will help me take this skill, keep practicing, and get better and better. I need to continue to practice like with a musical instrument."
Tasha Standridge
Winemaking Intern, US
Tasting wine is confusing; a lot is happening.
By the end of this module, you'll stop wondering what are all these sensations on your palate when you taste wine!
You didn't learn to identify aromas at school. Your teachers made sure you recognized shapes, colors, and objects correctly. No one taught you how to identify your food by smell only, without any visual cues.
Forget what you learned in wine appreciation classes. In fact, you learned there what each wine style should taste and not how to use your senses to taste wine.
At this stage of the program, you'll be ready to start your wine aroma training at home.
If you're still wondering if this program is worth your time and investment, let me add this. Poor tasting skills limit your ability to expand your wine knowledge, whether it's a passion or a profession of yours.
Do you want to continue to rely on the guy behind the tasting bar to tell you what you're supposed to taste and smell?
After 20+ years of experience in the wine industry, I can tell you that knowing how to taste wine is essential for becoming a successful certified wine professional or sommelier.
It's also a critical skill if you want to build your own cellar and buy wines you will enjoy now or in 5 years.
Learn at your OWN pace.
You decide how fast or slow you want to go through the materials. However, I advise going through the materials following the Modules' order. Don't skip a lesson to go faster. It won't help you achieve your goal.
Ongoing support
I will be there for you. You can contact me and ask questions using the lessons "Discussion space" inside the course. I review your assignments once a week and give personal feedback and suggestions.
Former students with busy professional schedules and weekly family commitments carried out each module requirement and completed the program within four weeks. I have no doubt that you can too.
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Enroll NowI cannot wait to guide and coach you over these 4 modules.
Wine, sensory science, and education are my 3 passions. I develop each lesson with these 3 ingredients to help you enhance your tasting skills one module at a time.
It's so rewarding for me to see the impact this first program has on students' abilities. Like them, I assure you that you'll go from hesitant and may be shy to speak up in a tasting into a confident and empathic wine taster.
It doesn't happen overnight, and will require some work. But you'll be free you from the fear of being wrong, once you complete the whole program.
You'll discover aspects of your senses and abilities to use them that you didn't realize before.
Should you choose to accept this invitation, I promise you that you will experience a profound transformation in your tasting practices. It will start changing your appreciation of wine.
I look forward to meeting you personally inside the PATH program.