In retirement, I enrolled in my local community college. I am just four courses short of an associate degree. It’s been a wonderful experience. By the way, I earned a doctorate in the 1970s.
That is a great idea! Never thought of going back for fun.
That was followed by sampling 4-6 wines during the remaining time.
The tests were NOT easy: you had to match different wine regions to their primary varietal. I blew up one test when I mistook Burgundy for Bourdeaux...lol.
I still earned an A in the class, as I received extra credit for a 10 minute presentation on German (i.e. Mosel River) wine, with a focus on Riesling.
The idea for the presentation came when I asked a couple of "experts", "if Americans prefer sweeter wine, why does German wine only have 3% of the market?
Their answer? "German wine is too difficult to understand." In ten minutes, I taught my class the different levels of Riesling, which are based on the sugar content in the grape: Kabinett, Spatlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, and Trockenbeerenauslese (very sweet, the grapes are nearly raisins.
I lived in a small Mosel town named Traben-Trarbach for 4 years. My weekends during the summer were spent at weinfests given by local towns. One could usually find 2-3 on a given weekend. My favorite nights to go were Monday nights, after all the tourists had gone home, and the townspeople let down their hair.
I still order wine about once a year from my favorite winery, Weingut Eduard Kroth. I've been a customer of theirs for 45 years. It's a family owned business, dating back to 1503.