Seminar for AIS Tasters – Genoa

FIRST DAY – 15/02/2014


8:30 to 9:00 a.m.: Registration of Participants

9:00 to 9:15 a.m.: Greetings, presentation and objectives of the Seminar

9:15 to 10:30 a.m.: Viticulture, oenology and quality in wine

10:30 to 11:30 a.m.: Wine tasting techniques and AIS terminology

11:30 to 11:45 a.m.: Coffee–break

11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Tasting of 4 wine samples

1:00 to 2:00 p.m.: Buffet Lunch

2:00 to 3:30 p.m.: Evolution of wine. Sparkling wines, Fortified wines and Raisin wines

3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: Score evaluation

4:30 to 6:00 p.m.: Tasting of 5 wine samples



SECOND DAY – EXAM – 16/02/2014


9:00 to 10:00 a.m.: Written test

From 10.15 a.m.: Oral test



Participants must wear a unifrom both during the seminar and during the qualifying exam.

Written test – Completion of a questionnaire consisting of 60 closed–ended questions (30 ’True or False’ and 30 with multiple–choice) and 30 open–response questions, related to viticulture/oenology regarding, in particular, techniques, principles and tasting terminology.

Oral test – Wine tasting in front of a Commissioner, who assesses the ability to taste and describe a wine with the AIS terminology, to evaluate the quality of a wine (the score given to a wine), as well as self–confidence, poise and precision showed during the tasting.



Starting time: 8:30 a.m. Ending time: 6:00 p.m.



For registration:

Mr. Luigi Bono – segreteria@aisliguria.it