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KIT 184A
Building Blocks of Wine
With Karen MacNeil
March 27, 2026, at 1PM Pacific
Join Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible, for a guided tasting exploring the building blocks of wine.
Discover six wines from six different wine regions around the world, spanning France, Germany, Italy, and South Africa. Together, you’ll explore how acidity, alcohol, tannin, fruitiness, and sweetness shape flavor, texture, and balance—and better understand what you enjoy and why.
This kit includes six 180 mL bottles and access to both the live tasting and recording. Join Karen live on November 20 at 1 p.m. Pacific for a fun, 90-minute blind tasting, with engaging hints before each
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KIT 183A
Unlocking Spain
With UK Wine Expert Jimmy Smith
March 27, 2026, at 1PM Pacific
Spain is one of the most dynamic winegrowing countries in the world—but how do you make sense of its subregions and wine styles?
Join UK Wine Expert Jimmy Smith for a tasting journey through six benchmark Spanish wines, from the Atlantic-influenced landscapes of Galicia, through Rioja and Ribera del Duero, to the rugged hillsides of Priorat. Together, you’ll explore the regions, climates, soils, winemaking traditions, and styles that define modern Spain.
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KIT 182A:
Impact Compounds
Vol. 2
With Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser
March 27, 2026, at 1PM Pacific
Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser's Message in the Bottle on wine tasting has earned fans nationwide — and we are releasing four kits to help you understand the 15 impact compounds to identify classic wines.
The second volume will explore Phenolic Bitterness, Carbonic Maceration, TDN, Whole Cluster & Terpenes. We have pre-tasted these benchmarks to make sure they are great examples of the regions, varieties, and impact compounds.
If you buy all four volumes at once, you get a choice of one of Tim Gaiser's books complimentary.
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KIT 181A
90 Minutes to Mastery
With Master Sommelier Gillian Ballance
March 27, 2026, at 1PM Pacific
Join Master Sommelier Gillian Ballance as she makes her Master the World debut with 90 Minutes to Mastery—a live exploration of six benchmark wines from around the world.
Taste all six wines completely blind as Gillian shows you how climate, place, grape variety, and winemaking reveal themselves in the glass.
This wine kit features six 180 ml bottles selected in collaboration with Master Sommelier Gillian Ballance. Each wine represents a classic benchmark style, making the tasting equally valuable for curious wine lovers and serious students.
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KIT 180A
Unlocking Volcanic Wines: Forged By Fire
With UK Wine Expert Jimmy Smith
March 27, 2026, at 1PM Pacific
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What happens when vines grow in the shadow of ancient eruptions?
Some of the world's most captivating wines come from landscapes shaped by fire. Lava flows, volcanic ash, fractured rock, and centuries of geological upheaval have left their mark on vineyards across the globe. The result is a collection of wines unlike any other—wines celebrated for their energy, complexity, and unmistakable sense of place.
Taste six wines from the volcanic wine regions from around the world with UK Wine Expert Jimmy Smith. Our "Forged by Fire" theme will help you understand six styles of wine made from grapes grown on volcanic soils.
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KIT 179A:
Impact Compounds Vol. 1
With Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser
March 27, 2026, at 1PM Pacific
Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser's Message in the Bottle on wine tasting has earned fans nationwide — and we are releasing four kits to help you understand the 15 impact compounds to identify classic wines.
The first volume will explore Lees Aging, Rotundone and Pyrazines. We have pre-tasted these benchmarks to make sure they are great examples of the regions, varieties, and impact compounds.
If you buy all four volumes at once, you get a choice of one of Tim Gaiser's two books complimentary. Plus we will ship you a volume every quarter.
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KIT 178A:
PRICE / VALUE
A Relationship You Can Trust?
Master Sommelier Madeline Triffon
March 27, 2026, at 1PM Pacific
Whether you’re a buyer in the wine trade or an enthusiastic consumer, the subject of price/value always matters deeply. Every wine penny needs to be spent wisely! The focus of Master Sommelier Madeline Triffon's next kit webinar will be exploring the relationship between price and wine quality.
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WINE ATLAS COLLECTIVE Spring 2026 Edition
March 27, 2026, at 1PM Pacific
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The Wine Atlas Collective is an association of independently operated, family-led wineries from America’s top wine regions, united by a shared commitment to sustainable farming, innovative winemaking, and authentic hospitality.
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