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New Video Game Lets You Play At Being A Wine Tycoon

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Every wonder what it is like to own a wine chateau? You can get a little closer with a new computer game, Wine Tycoon from Got Game Limited lets players create vineyards in France's most prestigious wine regions including Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne. Players have to build their winery, tend their vineyards, hire staff and then produce the wine. Players go through all stages of wine development from planting grapes to dealing with a virtual bottling plant. In order to succeed at the game, crops must be maintained and equipment has to be maintained. The game also includes a Wine Encyclopedia with a glossary of wine terms, grape varieties and wine regions. It will be available next month for $19.99.

[via Decanter]

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Ecole du Vin et des Terroirs

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A unique wine school has been founded in the Puligny-Montrachet France to help deepen the knowledge of wine professionals as well as devoted amateur wine lovers. The Ecole du Vin et des Terroirs is a non-profit organization created by members of the Burgundy wine world to broaden wine and viticultural knowledge with an ecological, environmental and humanistic approach. The Ecole du Vin et des Terroirs holds seminars (one half-day to two days long) which focus on understanding soils, wine techniques, biodynamics, tasting, botany, and many other topics. The seminars are limited to just 12 people and are taught by a variety of people including an ethnobotanist, a creator of tasting glasses, authors, engineers and of course, winemakers. The seminars are taught primarily in the vineyards and are resuming now that harvest season is ending.

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Champagne in the City Tastings

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Spring in London just got a little sweeter. The Wine & Food Academy, a school which offers wine education, tours and courses in "cooking and quaffing" is now offering Champagne In The City, a series of Champagne tastings upstairs at Jamies Bar. The tastings feature samples from the major Champagne houses hosted by Chris Hambleton the Wine & Food Academy's expert on Champagne. The first event is on May 3 and the tasting costs £69 and includes supper.

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The Wine School of Philadelphia

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Those in the Philadelphia area can get an in-depth oenological education from The Wine School of Philadelphia. The school offers both beginner level wine basics classes aimed at wine consumers who want to know more, all the way up to the Masters Program which is by invitation only and results in a Master of Vinology certificate. They also host private wine events and offer wine travel program at their wine school campus in Provence, France. Their website has a blog, Wine Lust, that rounds up wine information. The The Accelerated Foundation Certification Program runs four wine-heavy days and costs $425.

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