Lowell’s Wine List is a Wine Specialty shop that recently opened at the Faucette House behind the Post Office at 105 East Trollinger Avenue in Elon. Our hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10am -7pm. Our mission is to provide an interesting selection of quality wines for all palates and pocketbooks, to ease the wine selection process, to educate and cultivate wine enthusiasts, to provide a comfortable place to enjoy a glass of wine with friends, and to hopefully remove some of the intimidation that may often take away from one’s wine experience.
We will be offering a Wine Fundamentals class on Wednesday evenings after store hours from 7-9pm for those interested in attending. The class is informal, and is intended for anyone that is interested in developing a better appreciation of wine by learning basic wine fundamentals such as:
- what is wine?
- what is so special about wine?
- how is wine made?
- what grapes are used for producing wine?
- where do grapes grow?
- what are the wine categories?
We will also practice a more structured approach to observing and tasting wine. We will be tasting wines from each wine category, and encourage questions and discussion. The classes normally last a hour or two depending on questions. The idea behind the fundamentals class is to build a foundation that will make any future advanced topics more interesting.
Future topics may include topics like how to determine what a quality wine is, or what are the major quality wine producing regions of the world, or government wine classifications and wine laws, or what to consider when attempting to pair wine with food, or how to read a wine label. The list could go on and on, so topics will mostly depend on student interests.
Classes will be held with a minimum of six(6) pre-registered students. We can accept up to ten(10) pre-registered students per class. Group classes of 6-10 can be arranged and scheduled by special requests. All students must be 21 years of age. There is a $30 registration fee for the Wine 101 Fundamentals class, and students may register by signing-up for the Wednesday evening of preference and paying the registration fee. Registered students will be notified on the Tuesday before class if there are not enough registered students to hold the class. If the class is cancelled, pre-registered students may receive a refund, or may reschedule for another Wednesday class. There can be no refunds for no-shows.
