Gastronomy & Food Studies

Metropolitan College

• Special Topics in Gastronomy

  MET ML 610
  

  Topic for summer 2025: The Language of Wine. If you've ever heard someone offer elaborate tasting notes on a glass of wine, you've probably also heard someone scoffing at the idea of tasting chocolate mint or a fresh tennis ball in a glass of fermented grape juice. But students of wine know that tasting notes and other ways of talking about wine are not just made up: talking about wine this way is crucial to the business of wine and it represents verbally the broad sensory range that tasters experience. Wine Talk is a particular kind of speech genre, a special way of speaking for specific tasks - like drinking, buying, and selling wine - and knowing how to Wine Talk is critical for someone looking to build a career or hobby in wine. In this class, we will peer behind the curtain and ask, Why do people talk about wine the way they do? Linguistic Anthropology, the study of language-in-use, can help us answer this question, by focusing on how Wine Talk operates socially, how language itself works, and how language builds social worlds. We will conduct our own linguistic anthropological fieldwork by going on field trips to wine businesses, by recording and transcribing interviews, and by tasting and talking about wine, empowering students who of the wine industry to understand the social and cultural impacts of talk in their work. 4 cr. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

  Summer 2 (June 30-August 8)

  B1 (IND) Tues./Thurs. 6-9:30 pm

  ... Open Seats

  Topic: The Language of Wine

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• Fundamentals of Wine

  MET ML 649
  

  For students without previous knowledge of wine, this introductory survey explores the world of wine through discussions, tastings, food and wine pairing, assigned readings, and student presentations. By the end of the course, students will be able to exhibit fundamental knowledge of the principal categories of wine, including major grape varieties, wine styles, and regions; correctly taste and classify wine attributes; and demonstrate an understanding of general principles of food and wine pairing. 4 cr. Tuition: $3900

  Twelve-week course (May 20-August 8)

  C1 (IND) Wed. 6-9:30 pm

  ... Open Seats

  12-week course. $325 lab fee. No prerequisite for registration

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