Schramsberg Vineyards offers a unique hands-on learning experience that enables you to see, feel, and taste the entire sparkling wine cycle, from the vineyard to the table. You will spend time at Schramsberg learning from Hugh Davies, owner and head winemaker, as well as at the CIA at Greystone, where you will take part in interactive sessions studying the ever-growing science of food and sparkling wine pairings with chef/enologist Holly Peterson. You will:

• Enjoy a sparkling wine reception and dinner in Schramsberg’s vineyard.
  
• Harvest grapes and learn how vineyard location, soil content, viticultural practices, and clonal selection play critical roles in creating the complex flavors of sparkling wines.
  
• Tour the Schramsberg winery and historic caves, taste freshly pressed juice and base wines, and learn about riddling.
  
• Pair food and sparkling wine at the Greystone campus.
  
• Create your own special sparkling wine through the process of disgorging, choosing your own dosage, corking, and labeling.
  
• Taste a vertical selection of finished Schramsberg wines.
  
• Learn through guided tastings how foods can complement and contrast wine flavors.
  
• Participate in a team sparkling wine menu creation contest and judging.
  
• Learn how to saber a bottle of sparkling wine.
  

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