WINE EDUCATION and PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT in TWO COURSES
inviting Perth’s curious wine sippers and hospitality industry to expand their skills and knowledge with an unexplored awareness and respect for what we have in our glass. Learn to trust your palate, go beyond what you know already.
The Canny Grapes Wine Appreciation Courses are a result of witnessing plenty of wine enthusiasts and hard working hospitality staff thirsty for wine knowledge they can apply with confidence. Through delivering wine training to staff, curating over 250 CG Wine Education Classes and my own extensive travels and wine experiences around the world, this new chapter and course is a response to the enquiries from curious wine consumers and Perth’s hospitality industry.
TEACHING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TASTING AND DRINKING
Knowledge through experience
My number one response when someone asked me what I do for work, and when a simple “I’m a wine educator and wine consultant” didn’t find a common ground, I say that I’m teaching the difference between tasting and drinking. Everyone knows how to drink wine, yet very few understand how to connect with what is in the glass, appreciating and respecting wine that represents so much more than a grape varietal or a label on the bottle.
From the beginning the purpose and focus for Canny Grapes Wine Education was to share wine knowledge from the heart, connecting with the soul of wine, the soil it grows on, the growers, believers and makers. Ten years on, I’m still enjoying my chosen path of learning, teaching, sharing the World of Wine, my way.
My curiosity, resilience and forward vision are the cornerstones influencing what I know today.
I boarded countless of planes, hired plenty of cars and rocked up at wineries often with a very short notice or a more casual visit as the road less travelled lead me to the destinations. Most often there was no plan, and I still enjoy travelling for wine ‘my way’ collecting stories, connecting with country, feeling the place of the wine’s origin, learning about the pioneering spirit and immense self-belief involved to create what we now get to enjoy and APPRECIATE in our wine glasses and cellar.
CG CHAMPAGNE COURSE 2026 - ENROLMENTS NOW OPEN
From Champagne Masterclasses to a Champagne Appreciation course that delivers in depth knowledge and newly acquired skills for Perth’s champagne enthusiasts and hospitality professionals. Designed to dive deep, combining technical foundation elements and behind the bottle insights connecting with champagne as a soul-filled effervescent masterpiece, this course includes five in person classes (2.5 hours) with a maximum of 10 participants.
Champagne is Emotion, Connection, Capacity, State of Being, Longevity, Place and Story. Champagne always had my heart, something I cannot described with words. I’m truly grateful to be able to connect all the dots of my Champagne Journey so far and it is only timely to finally offer a Champagne Course after 10 years of sharing my passion for champagne in form of Champagne tasting events, Champagne Dinners and Masterclasses.
The course is designed for those wanting to go beyond a world-wide brand, a truly remarkable and one of a kind wine, connecting with Champagne’s history and future. It is an interactive course, we will discuss all things champagne together so you can confidently apply and enjoy your new in depth knowledge. If you are curious about champagne, this is your invitation to join, enrolments are now open!
Course Dates: Saturday 5th September; Saturday 12th September; Saturday 3rd October, Saturday 10th October and Saturday 24th October 2026; from 4pm - 6.30pm at Mayfair Lane, 72 Outram Street, West Perth, Western Australia
Investment: $1360 per person
CG WINE APPRECIATION COURSE
Like a wine, balance plays a very important role, and so are each individual components.
The course is designed to balance commitment, practical & theory components along with self-study days. We all have a unique way of learning and applying your knowledge is the most rewarding and satisfying part of the course.
We connect with our sensory wine appreciation and deepen our wine knowledge over 10 weeks, with 6 in person classes held on a Saturday afternoon from 4-6pm at Mayfair Lane in West Perth and 4 guided self-study sessions. The course concludes with a celebration wine pairing dinner.
Course Fee: $1170 per person | NEXT COURSE DATES TBC
