Over the last 20+ years, the Glengarry Wine Academy has established itself as one of the leading wine educators in New Zealand. Initially created to train Glengarry staff, it is also widely used by the hospitality industry and wine enthusiasts. Informative, but never intimidating, the Glengarry Wine Academy courses are an opportunity for beginners as well as experienced aficionados to expand their knowledge and develop their interest.

In stage 1 you learn about the varieties, stage 2 you explore their differing personalities around the world. In Stage 3 you take a major look a key wine making regions in the world. This course dives under the cover, you learn all about the great wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy and many more.

A four week course | Wednesday 17th July, Wednesday 24th July, Wednesday 31st July, and Wednesday 7th August all starting 7pm. The course fee covers content for all four weeks.

As Bordeaux specialists, each year when the latest vintage of En Primeur arrives, we like to taste the best of the best. The 1st Growths are the greatest Cabernet and Merlot dominant wines in the world, and have held this position for hundreds of years. Embark on the vinous journey of a lifetime, as we taste our way through over $14k worth of the magnificent 2016 vintage. It was thought 2015 would be hard to top, but now in bottle 2016 is even better, and looking like one of the finest vintages of all time.

We will be tasting four of the five famous First Growths from the 1855 classification. Chateau Lafite Rothschild (99/100), Chateau Mouton Rothschild (100/100), Chateau Haut Brion (100/100), and Chateau Margaux (99/100). Chateau Latour unfortunately no longer releases current vintage. Not to leave the right bank out, we also have the iconic Chateau Cheval Blanc (100/100) from Saint-Emilion, and the legendary Chateau Lafleur (99/100) from Pomerol. We will finish with the 2016 vintage of the worlds finest sweet wine, the fabled Chateau d'Yquem (98+/100).

This is a very rare opportunity to try these phenomenal Bordeaux side by side, and hear the history and stories of each Chateau.

Tonight we will be getting an exclusive look at the new 1991 Grand Vintage single malt, the 4th release in this series. With Glenmorangie one of the first distilleries to release and market a cask finished single malt we will taste through their extended maturation range, the likes of Lasanta and Quinta Ruban, before finishing the evening with the 1991 which was aged in ex Oloroso Sherry casks and finished in Burgundy barrels.

Glengarry Wines are putting together two unique master classes in August to celebrate the Fine Wines of New Zealand 2019 list. These evenings will be hosted by Sam Harrop MW, one of the team who selected the wines for the list, and winemakers from each winery. The first evening will be focused on Chardonnay, looking at recent and past vintages from four of the wineries in the Fine Wines list. The second will be on New Zealand’s up and coming red wine star, Syrah, as with the Chardonnay looking at recent and past vintages. These will be memorable and unique events that will sell out.

The Chardonnay Master Class will include Dog Point, Greywacke, Kumeu River and Neudorf

Over the last 20+ years, the Glengarry Wine Academy has established itself as one of the leading wine educators in New Zealand. Initially created to train Glengarry staff, it is also widely used by the hospitality industry and wine enthusiasts. Informative, but never intimidating, the Glengarry Wine Academy courses are an opportunity for beginners as well as experienced aficionados to expand their knowledge and develop their interest.

In stage 1 you learn about the varieties, stage 2 you explore their differing personalities around the world. In Stage 3 you take a major look at key wine making regions in the world. This course dives under the cover, you learn all about the great wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy and many more.

A four week course | Monday 9th September, Monday 16th September, Monday 23rd September, and Monday 30th September, all starting 7pm. The course fee covers content for all four weeks.

Glengarry Wines are putting together two unique master classes in August to celebrate the Fine Wines of New Zealand 2019 list. These evenings will be hosted by Sam Harrop MW, one of the team who selected the wines for the list, and winemakers from each winery. The first evening will be focused on Chardonnay, looking at recent and past vintages from four of the wineries in the Fine Wines list. The second will be on New Zealand’s up and coming red wine star, Syrah, as with the Chardonnay looking at recent and past vintages. These will be memorable and unique events that will sell out.

The Syrah Master Class will include Trinity Hill Homage, Te Mata, Craggy Range Le Sol and Villa Maria