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Wine Foundations

Wine Foundations

The 8 Foundations: the standard of selling wine

The whole team's course: the 8 Foundations, what every waiter needs to know about wine, no more and no less. A toolkit for every waiter before their first shift, then six weekly foundation chapters that train every waiter to sell wine with confidence and professionalism.

Available from any computer or phone, at any hour, even right before the shift. The first two chapters, about 45 minutes, are the waiter's toolkit before their first shift.

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From now on, no waiter walks a shift without knowing how to offer wine, open a bottle and sell with confidence. The course makes that a fixed standard on your team.

What's included?

  • 8 foundation chapters
  • About 50 short video lessons
  • Downloadable materials
  • A quiz at the end of each chapter
  • Final exam and certificate

The course is built from your wine list: what you pour by the glass comes first, and every chapter ends with your wines on its subject, with the line to say at the table.

Course chapters · The 8 Foundations

01Why wineDay one
Wine waiters course, intro
Why wine
Why not other drinks
Wine as a taste enhancer
The power of knowledge
Creating the moment
I Am What I Drink
Recap: why wine
End-of-chapter quiz
02The first shiftDay one
The toolkit, intro
Trust yourselves
How to open a wine bottle
Taking the pressure out of opening the bottle
Recap: the first shift
The two-questions trick
Building your own two-questions sheet
End-of-chapter quiz
03Wine conceptsWeek 1
What is wine
Colors in wine
Degrees of dryness
Wine aging
Natural wines
La vie en rosé
Recap: wine concepts
End-of-chapter quiz
04On taste and smellWeek 2
The sense of taste
Wine aromas
Tasting wine with five senses
Wine faults
Recap: on taste and smell
End-of-chapter quiz
05Grape varieties * Personalized to your wine menuWeek 3
Varieties and regions
Grape varieties, intro
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Syrah, Shiraz
Grenache and Carignan
Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
Riesling
Recap: grape varieties
End-of-chapter quiz
06Terroir and the wine world * Personalized to your wine menuWeek 4
Old world, new world
Champagne
Chablis
Sancerre
Italy
Israeli terroir
Recap: terroir and the wine world
End-of-chapter quiz
07Professional wine serviceWeek 5
Timing is everything
Table pouring rules
So who tastes, and why
Wine serving temperature
Recap: professional wine service
End-of-chapter quiz
08Selling with confidenceWeek 6
The art of selling wine
Pairing wine and food
The by-the-glass menu
How to sell the great wines
The big secret of the lunch deal
My mother's wine
Recap: selling with confidence
End-of-chapter quiz
+Bonus
Fun Facts, intro
Wine-drinking champions
The most expensive wine in history
The biggest producers
09Final exam and certificate

* Chapters fitted to your menu are marked with an asterisk.

Course preview
Course preview

The two-questions trick

Most waiters don't offer wine because they're afraid to seem unknowledgeable. The guest isn't there to test you; they're there for a recommendation.

The WINEWORK toolkit is built exactly for that: two questions, four answers, and four wines from your menu in your notebook, on a personal sheet for the phone, so you leave the chapter ready for any table.

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Sample chapter

Want to see the course from the inside?

In a short demo we'll show Wine Foundations on your own team, and how it fits the rest of the method.

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