Wine tasting

Wine tasting

Florent Martin
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France's best sommelier teaches you how to have the best wine tasting experience and how analyze the aromas, flavors and fragrances of a wine.
Wine tasting
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  • Identifying olfactory aromas
  • Identifying iodine aromas
  • Identifying spicy aromas
  • Identifying floral aromas
  • Identifying flavors
  • Identifying mineral aromas
  • Identifying an acidic flavor
  • Identifying bitter flavors
  • Identifying a sweet flavor
  • Identifying a salty flavor
  • Identifying empyreumatic aromas
  • Identifying an astringent flavor
  • Identifying a menthol flavor
  • Identifying tannic flavors
  • Identifying a spicy flavor
  • Identifying a fatty flavor
  • Identifying woody aromas
  • Opening a bottle
  • Distinguishing a simple wine from a complex one
  • Tasting champagne
  • Tasting white wine
  • Describing the 8-flavor wheel
  • Decanting a wine
  • Analyzing a champagne
  • Analyzing the texture of a wine
  • Analyzing the effervescence of a wine
  • Analyzing a white wine
  • Analyzing the caudalies of a wine
  • Assessing the color of a wine

Check out the first segment of this course for free

Étape 1 : Introduction to wine tasting

Florent Martin
Florent Martin
Best Craftman of France (MOF), Sommelier et French Champion - Peninsula, Paris
Best Craftman of France (MOF), Sommelier et French Champion - Peninsula, Paris

Étape 2 : The eight aromas and gustatory sensations

Étape 3 : Aromas and perfumes

Step 4: Bottle opening and decanting

Étape 5 : White wine & champagne tasting

Étape 6 : White wine & champagne tasting: the nose and the aromas

Étape 7 : White wine & champagne tasting: the nose and the aromas

Étape 8 : Red wine tasting: the color, the nose and the mouth-feel

Étape 9 : Wine texture

Florent MartinFlorent Martin

Florent Martin

Best Craftman of France (MOF), Sommelier et French Champion - Peninsula, Paris
Born in Corsica, Florent Martin is a head sommelier. In 2020, he was awarded the prodigious title of Best Sommelier of France. Consecration followed in 2022 when he was awarded the title of Best Craftsman of France (MOF), Sommelier.

An accomplished professional, he acquired his skills while working in the world of starred gastronomy alongside the best: Serge Dubs, best sommelier in the world and Gordon Ramsay, a two starred chef in the Michelin guide.

Florent Martin was the first sommelier at the Four Seasons George V Hotel in Paris.

He is now Head Sommelier at the prestigious 5-star hotel The Peninsula in the French capital.

The sommelier is also a member of the Wine and Champagne Tasting Committee of the Gault & Millau guide.
He strives to share his passion for wine and to make it accessible and entertaining, particularly through taste writing.

For VoilaChef, Florent Martin teaches you how to taste wine, analyze its aromas and flavors, its color and texture. He shares with you his secrets for creating your cellar and choosing your wine, as well as for ensuring a perfect match between food and wine.

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