Champagne essentials
Learn about champagne, its history, what it is, how it is made, and how to serve it.
This course includes
- Quizzes & knowledge checks
- Downloadable resources
- Closed captions & dubbing
- Mobile app (iOS & Android)
- Hands-on activity
Supported by trusted hospitality organizations
This course is supported by leading hospitality organizations, reflecting recognized industry best practice.
Skills you will gain
Course details
To the east of Paris is a not-so-small region where you can find around 34,000 hectares of vines, bottles, corks, and bubbles. The region? Champagne. Approximately three times the size of Paris, this is the region where the liquid gold of celebrations is produced for champagne can't be called champagne unless it is made from the grapes grown and harvested within the region.
In this online course, champagne connoisseur and owner of the consultancy and education business The Champagne Dame, Kyla Kirkpatrick, will help you understand what champagne is, where it comes from, and provide an overview of the beverage's history.
What you'll learn in the Champagne essentials course
- What champagne is and where it comes from
- A short history of champagne
- The grapes of champagne
- How champagne is made
- The different styles of champagne
- Understanding dosage
- How to read a champagne label
- A guide to champagne brands (Grand Marque and Grower)
- How to store champagne (open and closed bottles)
- How to recommend champagne to customers
- How to open a champagne bottle
- How to serve champagne
Who the Champagne essentials course is for
This online course is perfect for anyone who works in a venue that serves champagne and for those who would like to boost their champagne knowledge.
Course content
14 lessons · 52m 37s total · 1 hands-on activity
Course instructor

Kyla Kirkpatrick owns her own consultancy and education business, The Champagne Dame.Kyla’s love for Champagne grew after reading a series of books about Napoléon Bonaparte and his friendship with Jean Remy Moët. Deciding to write a letter to the...
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