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Monday, 9 November 2015

SHORT REPORT FROM ANRIKE DIPPENAAR

Sondela Wine Course
On 19 August we, the first group, started with a wine and serving wine course. This course was presented By Lesley Sutcliffe, From City and Guilds. This course was specifically focused on serving and presenting wine and to apply it to our place of work, Piccinini’s Restaurant. We were a good mixture between staff and diploma students.

I have to add that we learned a lot and especially the little detail that improved my knowledge concerning different varieties of wine, the appropriate terms and how to serve it correctly. Something I will always remember is: Champagne is a sparkling wine, but sparkling wine is not Champagne, as well as Cognac is brandy, but not all brandy is Cognac...

 Apart from the knowledge provided, we also had a lot of fun. We had the opportunity to open different types of bottles especially wines closed with corks, as well as a sparkling wine… and the anticipation that went with it!


I will do this again!!                                         -Anrike Dippenaar

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