Michael Schuster Wine

MICHAEL SCHUSTER has been teaching wine tasting at levels across the board, from Beginners who simply love wine and want to find out more about it, to Master of Wine Students aiming to pass their Blind Tasting exam, for over 30 years. His book ESSENTIAL WINETASTING (Mitchell Beazley) is regarded by many as THE text on the subject, and has just been published in a new edition. Amongst many complimentary comments on it are: "The most effective winetasting manual ever written." (Beverage Business USA), and "It explains the mechanics of taste and tasting better than any book I've seen." (Independent on Sunday), and "Aimed as an introductory guide, but even seasoned professionals may find a great deal of stimulating information in it. (Jasper Morris MW, The Vine).

He has been described as "The Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Wine Tuition scene" (Andrew Jefford, The Evening Standard), as "A natural educator, quietly passionate about his subject; a teacher with a generous spirit, kindly yet authoritative and devoid of snobbery." (Nina Caplan, Time Out), and as "In terms of wine education, a benchmark of iconic proportions and of enormous influence." (Steven Spurrier, Decanter Magazine).

Michael runs his courses with his wife, Monika, a Cordon Bleu trained chef, and they are informative but informal,
with questions encouraged at every stage.

The evenings range from his Beginners Course, and Fine Wine Course, to Individual Fine Wine Evenings, and the MW Blind Tasting long weekend.

All are based on: The selection of benchmark quality wines; Guidelines in the act of tasting itself; Making sense of what one has tasted.

He regards bottles of wine as performances, more or less well done. And what fires his enthusiasm is giving you the the means to teach yourself – whatever your level - so you can better make up your own mind about the quality and value of those performances!