Academy of Wine & Spirits
| Duration: | Classroom: 5 hours. Online ZOOM: 5 hours. |
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| Includes: | Classroom: 12 piece Aroma Kit, 6 Wine Samples, Text Book, Digital Certificate. Online: 12 piece Aroma Kit, Online Zoom Platform, Digital Book, Digital Certificate. Want the full experience? You can add a printed course booklet, official printed certificate, and a lapel pin to your booking during checkout—just tick the box before completing your order. |
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Building upon the foundational skills acquired in the Foundation Level, the Intermediate Level™ course delves deeper into the intricate world of aromas and flavors. This one-day program is designed for those seeking to refine their sensory abilities, whether you're a beverage professional, food industry expert, or an enthusiastic connoisseur.
Explore the subtle nuances within aroma families, understanding their subcategories and the complexities they introduce to sensory evaluation.
Gain insights into the chemical compounds responsible for specific aromas and flavors, enhancing your ability to identify and articulate them accurately.
Develop a more sophisticated lexicon to describe complex flavor profiles, enabling precise communication in professional settings.
Learn to detect and understand common aroma and flavor faults, their origins, and implications for product quality.
Engage in hands-on exercises that reinforce theoretical knowledge, including aroma recognition drills and flavor profiling tasks.
This course takes your sensory skills to the next level with a structured exploration of advanced aroma samples and complex tasting exercises. Over the course of the session, you'll work with an expanded set of aromas and real beverage examples designed to challenge and refine your palate.
You’ll experience:
Expanded Aroma Vial Set – A deeper dive into aroma families, featuring subtle and complex notes such as aldehydes, phenolics, esters, lactones, and sulfur compounds. These are the fine details that separate good tasters from great ones.
Aroma Differentiation Drills – Blind comparison exercises that help you sharpen your discrimination between similar or overlapping aromas (e.g., vanilla vs. lactone coconut, leather vs. Brettanomyces, etc.).
Fault Identification Samples – Taste and smell real examples of off-notes and defects, including oxidation, cork taint, sulfur issues, and microbial faults—vital for quality control and production professionals.
Category-Specific Real-World Samples – Depending on your course focus (e.g., wine, whisky, rum, gin), you’ll taste and analyze 3–6 complex products using your enhanced aroma vocabulary and professional sensory techniques.
These tasting sessions are designed to push your palate, deepen your analytical abilities, and give you the vocabulary and confidence to describe flavor and aroma at a professional level.
The Aroma Academy Intermediate Level™ course is ideal for those who have completed the Foundation level and are ready to sharpen their sensory precision and expand their aroma recognition to a professional standard.
Perfect for:
Wine & Spirits Professionals – Sommeliers, distillers, blenders, and educators seeking advanced aroma training
Quality Control & Production Teams – Those responsible for product consistency, fault detection, and flavor profile management
Brand Ambassadors & Sales Experts – Professionals who need to describe flavor profiles with clarity and authority
Chefs & Food Developers – Individuals working with flavor pairing, sensory balance, and culinary innovation
Enthusiasts & Collectors – Serious connoisseurs looking to elevate their tasting skills and sensory confidence
If you’re ready to go beyond general aroma recognition and enter the realm of professional sensory analysis, this course is your next essential step.
Upon successful completion of the Aroma Academy Intermediate Level™ course, participants will receive an official Certificate of Completion, validating your advanced competency in aroma recognition, sensory evaluation, and descriptive analysis.
This certification demonstrates your ability to:
Accurately identify complex aroma compounds
Detect and articulate subtle flavor differences
Recognize and diagnose common faults
Apply a structured vocabulary to real-world tasting scenarios
Whether you're in production, quality control, education, or high-end sales, this certificate is a valuable professional credential—showcasing your refined sensory skills and commitment to excellence in flavor analysis. It also serves as a stepping stone toward expert-level or category-specific sensory qualifications.
Classroom: $295
Online: $195
