There are many opportunities to taste wine and to learn about the different grapes and regions that produce wine, but this class focuses on the fascinating history of some of the world’s most famous wines in order to understand how they became what they are. Contrary to popular wisdom, the wines we drink are not exactly ancient; they begin in a particular place bound by geology and geography, but they have evolved due to changes in religion and aesthetics, war and taxation, agronomy and technology, class structure and gender roles, and much else besides. Students in this class will never look at wine in quite the same way as they did before.

COURSE FORMAT
This course is an interactive in-person seminar course in New York City. This course will meet once a week for 8 classes and will be held in-person at the following location: Jay Suites 3rd floor Conference Room, 369 Lexington Ave New York, NY

Weekly reading or other forms of materials may be assigned. There are no papers or grades. This course does not offer any credits or certificates. This course is intended for learning for the love of learning.

COURSE MATERIALS
This course requiresl reading materials to be purchased/rented.
Hugh Johnson, Vintage: The Story of Wine, also sold as The Story of Wine. There are a few printings available, but the text is the same.
Registrants will receive access to the course website about two weeks before the course starts.

COURSE CANCELLATION POLICY
Registrants can cancel and receive a full refund up to March 3. After March 3, there will be no refunds issued.
Yale Alumni College courses are subject to schedule changes as well as cancellations. If Yale Alumni College must cancel any course prior to its start due to low enrollment, you will be notified of this by the cancellation date. Upon cancellation of a course, registrants may transfer their registration to another available course or have the registration fee fully refunded.

In the event of a disruption to the original course schedule, including but not limited to; Professor absence, hazardous weather conditions, or local travel restrictions, Yale Alumni College will do its best to reschedule the missed class for the week immediately following the original end date at the same course time and day.