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Roll up your sleeves and learn the keys to blending your wines with this three-hour online workshop. You’ll be personally mixing wine samples you’ll purchase before the workshop as you learn how to carefully arrive at the right percentages before committing to larger quantities. Blending is both an art and a science and professional winemaker […]
Roll up your sleeves and learn the keys to blending your wines with this three-hour online workshop. You’ll be personally mixing wine samples you’ll purchase before the workshop as you learn how to carefully arrive at the right percentages before committing to larger quantities. Blending is both an art and a science and professional winemaker Wes Hagen will walk you through both aspects so you can elevate your winemaking with this important skill.
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