Get ready to cheer up the New Year!
Learn how to taste Champagne wines,
Become more confident in describing their flavor nuances.

Register to this Annual Online Wine Tasting

Bubbly Flavors Decrypted

A tasting event for wine enthusiasts to practice flavor description and enjoy the experience

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Then, get the 3 recommended Champagne wines chilled
until we start the session 

What wine pros never teach you in wine appreciation classes

Wine enthusiasts eager to learn more about wine often enroll in professional certification programs like the WSET or the Court of Sommeliers.
While their wine educators are very knowledgeable about viticulture, winemaking, and wine regions, they often fail to help you describe what you smell or taste in wine with confidence.

Sounds familiar?

Wine educators use rigid frameworks and tasting grids assuming everyone would understand each word and concept and use them the same way.

Worse, when you disagree with their wine description, you assume that you’re wrong and they are right.

The good news

You’re also right because there’s no right or wrong wine flavor description.  And they are wrong to assume we all smell and taste the same way. That’s discounting how our human senses operate.  

Humans vary immensely in their smell and taste abilities due to our genetics and different cultural background. That’s why we speak a different flavor language. 

Unlike traditional wine educators, sensory scientists like me are trained to help align the flavor language among tasters, with simple smell training techniques. And we teach you how to minimize any bias that can alter your wine appreciation.

Imagine attending a wine tasting and sharing confidently your tasting notes with the  wine pro.

Not only will you feel happy to share, but the wine pros will appreciate you. So many people are afraid to speak up in front of these pros. But they love when you relate your experience with their wine selection.

Let me invite you to my annual Champagne tasting on December 10.  

Bubbly Flavors Decrypted is a tutored sensory tasting for wine enthusiasts to practice flavor description with 3 Champagne wine styles…and enjoy!

You will learn a proven framework to help you discern typical flavors and improve your enjoyment of different Champagne wine styles.

Hi, I'm Isabelle

Isabelle Lesschaeve, PhD

Principal, InnoVinum Academy and Lead instructor

the Founder and Principal of InnoVinum Academy, an online education platform created to demystify wine-tasting rituals.

I teach and coach serious wine lovers worldwide to sharpen their tasting skills using a sensory science framework.

I earned my Ph.D. in Sensory Science from the University of Burgundy, France, and have worked in the wine industry for over 20 years. 

Interesting fact

I was born and raised in Champagne, which has certainly defined my passion for sparkling wine.

Fun fact

My grandmother, Pauline, put one drop of Champagne on my lips when I was 6 months old. This event was certainly the determining event that propelled my career as a wine sensory scientist.

Bubbly Flavors Decrypted

What’s included during this one-hour session?

  • A review of the typical Champagne wine aromas; 
  • A tutorial to practice sensory description of wine (it’s different from the deductive or systematic approaches);  
  • Specific instructions to be ready when the live session starts; 
  • A tutored tasting of 3 wine styles, on-going coaching, and a Q&A session. 

By the end of this tasting, you’ll feel more confident in:


  • Describing the key flavor attributes of Champagne wines,
  • Selecting the appropriate glassware for tasting sparkling wine. 
  • Arranging a tasting set to maximize aroma detection, and 

Hosted only once this year

This tutored tasting happens only once this year, on December 10, 2022.


Registration Fee

US$ 37.00


Places are limited to allow participants to ask questions and interact with the instructor.

You can register in one of the two sessions available: 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

No, I will recommend 3 wine styles to purchase on your own and that should be widely available. 

I have selected two brands that can be found globally and I will let you choose the third one.

I will provide recommendations for substitution.

Yes, this training is meant for people who are struggling to describe precisely Champagne aroma.

No, this class is well-suited for beginners and advanced levels alike. I will break down the sensory tasting protocol for tasters of all levels to follow with ease and confidence.  

I will send you the tasting recording so you can follow the process at a convenient time for you. The replay will be available for 60 days.

I’m adept at drinking Champagne on any occasion, not just the New Year.

But I believe that December is the perfect time to host a tutored tasting on Champagne wine styles.

It’s the perfect time to help you sharpen your senses so that you’re ready to enjoy Champagne (or any sparkling wine) during the holidays.

So will you join me on December 10?

I’d love to share my passion for Champagne and sensory evaluation with you.
I’ve trained 100s of wine tasters to feel more confident in finding the words to describe their tasting experience.

During the tutored tasting, I will teach you how to deconstruct what you smell and taste in fewer sensory components, so you can focus and start to put a name on each of them. And doing so with Champagne is such a reward for everyone.

By the end of the session, you will not only have a good time, but you will have learned a process to describe the flavors of any wine.

I invite you to join me on December 10.

Bubbly Flavors Decrypted

A tasting event for wine enthusiasts to practice flavor description with 3 Champagne wine styles…and enjoy!

Learn a proven framework to help you discern typical flavors and improve your enjoyment of different Champagne wine styles.  

Registration Fee

  • A review of the typical Champagne wine aromas; 
  • A tutorial to practice sensory description of wine 
  • Specific instructions to be ready for the live tasting session;
  •  A tutored tasting of 3 wine styles, coaching, and Q&A session.
  • Access to the session recording for 60 days