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Welcome to Newcastle Wine School

A very warm welcome to Newcastle Wine School - an independent wine education company, not affiliated to any wine merchants or retailers. We run Wine Tastings and Wine Courses for people who enjoy wine and would like to learn more about it. No previous wine tasting experience is necessary.

The courses and tastings focus on enjoying wine and learning about it in a relaxed setting, with friendly people. Meet new friends who share your love of wine. The courses suit all levels of knowledge and experience, starting with the introductory 10-week World of Wine Course. Whilst the 5-week Regional Courses look at a country or region  in more depth.

One-Evening Tastings provide the opportunity to try a tasting with no previous experience. Its also a great way to meet people who share your passion for wine - do try one - we are sure you will enjoy it! All our Tastings & Courses are also available as Gift Vouchers for the perfect Gift.

For our FREE monthly update on NEW wine & food events/offers in Newcastle - just click here!

We also have Wine Schools in Birmingham, Lancashire, Manchester, & London, and run Saturday Wine Courses & Wine Tastings in Edinburgh and  Leeds.

We also now offer internationally-recognised  WSET courses for Professionals including exams & Certificates (now at all our Wine Schools)

To find your nearest Wine School - visit  www.localwineschool.com

SELECTION of LATEST TASTINGS - Newcastle

• NEW  5-week - Explore the Wines of Italy - Thurs 9 Sep to 7 Oct - £50
• NEW 10-week Introductory World Wine Course - over 12 countries/60+ wines/loads of fun! - Tues 7 Sep to 9 Nov 2010 - only £95 - SORRY - COURSE FULL.  Next Course - Tues 11 Jan to 22 March 2011 - Book Now!
   
• NEW Saturday Introductory Wine Course - Sat 13 Nov 2010 - 11am to 4pm - £85 incl Champagne & 2-course lunch @ award-winning Blackfriars Restaurant
  
• NEW  Food & Wine Matching Workshop  - Wed 27 Oct - 7pm to 9pm - only £40
  
• NEW  Bordeaux Fine Wine Tasting - Wed 29 Sep - £50

LATEST TASTINGS - Leeds & Edinburgh

• Edinburgh Introduction to Wine Course - Sat 5 Feb 2011 - 11am to 4pm - £85 incl Champagne & lunch 
•  Leeds Introduction to Wine Course - Sat 16 Oct 2010 - 11am to 4 pm - incl Champagne & delicious lunch - £85 

VENUES & TIMES

• Newcastle - all our Newcastle Wine Tastings & Newcastle Wine Courses are based at Blackfriars - Friars Street, Newcastle NE1 4XN (5 mins walk from Central Station) and commence at 7.00pm. Our Saturday Courses run from 11am to 4 pm.
• Edinburgh - all our Edinburgh Wine Tastings & Edinburgh Wine Courses are based at The Royal Scots Club,30 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh. EH3 0BR (just off Queen St). Our Saturday Courses run from 11am to 4 pm.
• Leeds - all our Leeds Wine Tastings & Leeds Wine Courses are based at  the The Midnight Bell GastroPub - 101 Water Lane, Leeds. LS11 5QN (just off Neville St - 5 mins walk from Leeds Station). Our Saturday Courses run from 11am to 4 pm. 

OUR CENTRES

• Wine Tasting & Wine Courses - Newcastle
• Wine Tasting & Wine Courses - North East
• Wine Tasting & Wine Courses - Leeds
• Wine Tasting & Wine Courses - Edinburgh
• Wine Tasting & Wine Courses - Birmingham
• Wine Tasting & Wine Courses - Manchester - NOW OPEN!
• Wine Tasting & Wine Courses - Lancashire - NOW OPEN!
• Wine Tasting & Wine Courses - London - NOW OPEN !

 All Our Centres are specialists in Wine Education with a wide selection of  Wine Tasting Courses.

• Australia banned from using Champagne, Sherry and Port on labels
  Australian winemakers have been banned from using the words Champagne, Port and Sherry on their labels under a major EU deal.
• Nine new Masters of Wine announced
  Nine new Masters of Wine have been announced today, including three Decanter World Wine Awards judges and one DWWA regional chair.
• English sparkling beats top Champagnes at Decanter World Wine Awards
  East Sussex winery Ridgeview took the top sparkling wine trophy at last night's Decanter World Wine Awards ?? to the amazement of its owners.
• Galilean winery in Rhone triumph
  A winery in Upper Galilee beat some of the world's most renowned producers of Syrah and Shiraz at the Decanter World Wine Awards.
• Diageo calls for taxation shake-up
  Drinks giant Diageo is calling for all drinks to be taxed at the same rate per unit of alcohol, regardless of whether they are beer, wine or spirits.
• Bordeaux harvest starts this week at Carbonnieux
  Chateau Carbonnieux in Pessac Leognan is due to begin picking its Sauvignon Blanc grapes at the end of this week after a 'roller-coaster' season of highs and lows.
• Dubai airport breaks duty-free wine sale record
  A fine wine store at Dubai Airport is claiming a world record after a customer spent a total of US$107,000 on eight bottles of wine.
• 'Perfect' auction lot to be offered at US wine festival
  The Naples (Florida) Winter Wine Festival will offer an unprecedented auction lot of 100 bottles of 100-point wines at its annual event in January.
• Thierry Manoncourt dies
  Thierry Manoncourt, the owner of Ch??teau Figeac in St Emilion, has died aged 92.
• DWWA medal winners touch down in Argentina
  More than 50 Argentinian sommeliers attended the first-ever Decanter World Wine Awards tasting in Argentina.
• New York harvest earlier, larger than 2009
  New York anticipates a larger and much earlier harvest this year than it had in 2009.
• Canadian harvest begins
  The Canadian harvest started today in Ontario's Niagara region, the earliest commercial picking there in more than 20 years.