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Private Diploma · OIV-Aligned Standards

Premium Red Wines Diploma

Pure Theory Edition

The complete theoretical framework of red wine, from berry anatomy to regional typicity, sensory science, pairing and quality assessment, delivered entirely on screen.

A private diploma held to the highest international standards, structured on OIV-recommended theoretical criteria for wine education: precise, comparative and rigorous.

Designed for computer-based teaching. Every concept arrives with the exact diagram, graph or table to display, so the full programme can be taught, or studied alone, with slides, a PDF or a notebook.

Theory hours
140 to 180 guided, 160 to 220 self-study
Structure
Four progressive modules
Method
Pure theory, no tasting or service exercises
Investment
USD 199, one time
The Programme

Four Modules, One Complete Framework

Each module builds on the last, from the structure of a single berry to the assessment of a finished bottle.

Module 1

Foundations of Red Wine Production & Sensory Analysis

Teaching time
40 to 50 hours
  • ✚Grape anatomy: skin, pulp, seeds and stems, and where colour, tannin and aroma live.
  • ✚Sugar ripeness against phenolic maturity, and why cool climates desynchronise them.
  • ✚Theoretical profiles of nine noble varieties: structure, aroma precursors and climate.
  • ✚Viticulture for reds: canopy, water stress, yield control, harvest decisions.
  • ✚Winemaking decisions: cold soak, maceration length, cap management, malolactic, oak and vessels.
  • ✚Sensory framework: acidity, tannin, alcohol, body and finish, with primary, secondary and tertiary aromas.
Visuals to display

Berry cross-section, ripeness curves, complete winemaking flowchart, extraction curves, oxygen transmission by vessel, red wine aroma wheel, structural radar chart.

Module 2

Classic Old World Red Regions

Teaching time
45 to 55 hours
  • ✚Bordeaux: Left Bank gravel and Cabernet against Right Bank clay-limestone and Merlot, and the logic of 1855.
  • ✚Burgundy: the four-tier hierarchy of the Côte d'Or and Pinot Noir's sensitivity to site.
  • ✚Northern Rhône Syrah on granite slopes, Southern Rhône Grenache blends and galets roulés.
  • ✚Piedmont: Nebbiolo in Barolo and Barbaresco, limestone against sandstone, long aging laws.
  • ✚Tuscany: Sangiovese in Chianti Classico and Brunello, alberese and galestro soils.
  • ✚Rioja and Ribera del Duero: Tempranillo from long American oak tradition to modern French oak.
Visuals to display

Climate graphs for each region, soil profile diagrams, appellation pyramids, sub-region maps with grape proportions.

Module 3

New World and Emerging Red Regions

Teaching time
40 to 50 hours
  • ✚California: Napa, Sonoma and the Central Coast, plus Oregon and Washington.
  • ✚Australia's key regions and the Pinot Noir zones of New Zealand.
  • ✚Argentina and Mendoza Malbec, the valleys of Chile, South Africa and selected emerging regions.
  • ✚Irrigation philosophy and the modern shift from new oak towards fruit purity.
  • ✚Why temperature during ripening changes enzyme activity, aroma precursors and tannin polymerisation.
Visuals to display

Growing-degree-day comparisons between Bordeaux, Napa, Mendoza and Barossa, structural radar charts of one variety from four regions, irrigated against dry-farmed maps.

Module 4

Advanced Theory: Vintage, Climate, Pairing, Business & Quality

Teaching time
40 to 50 hours
  • ✚Vintage variation: how temperature and rainfall at each phenological stage shape sugar, acid and phenolics.
  • ✚Climate change adaptation: earlier harvest, clonal selection, canopy adjustments and shade.
  • ✚Pairing science: tannin against protein and fat, acidity against richness or salt, alcohol against spice, body against weight.
  • ✚Commercial theory: pricing factors, list construction, scarcity, brand and critic influence.
  • ✚Quality assessment: balance, length, complexity, tipicity and aging potential, with fault mechanisms in detail.
Visuals to display

Vintage charts with weather overlay, the pairing matrix, a quality scoring radar chart and the cost breakdown of a premium red wine.

What You Receive

The Complete Theoretical Manual

01The full programme, module by module, in teaching-ready form.
02Every diagram, graph, table and summary sheet specified for display.
03Review questions at the end of each section, with a final self-assessment.
04Ampelographic and structural profiles of the nine noble varieties.
05Regional templates of the Old World and the New World, applied identically.
06Vintage, climate, pairing, business and quality assessment theory.
Two Editions, One Diploma

Choose How You Study

1

Guided Teaching Edition

For teaching on a computer: 140 to 180 guided hours, module by module, with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Notion or a simple PDF. Display each suggested visual while you explain.

2

Self-Study Edition

A fully self-contained manual: 160 to 220 hours of independent study. Read sequentially, sketch the diagrams yourself, and answer the review questions before moving on.

The Investment
Private Diploma
USD 199

One time. Both editions included, with permanent access to the manual.

How to Enroll

Four Steps to the Diploma

  1. 1.Create your profile in the House and sign in.
  2. 2.Seal your petition and choose your edition.
  3. 3.Transfer USD 199 by bank transfer and upload the confirmation.
  4. 4.The Council verifies the transfer and releases your Diploma by email.
The Petition

Enroll in the Diploma

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