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🧀🍷 Discover the world of cheese — with a little wine on the side!Want to build your confidence with cheese while learning how to create brilliant cheese and wine pairings?
Join Victoria Aldwinckle at Kent Local Wine School for a fun, friendly and flavour-filled introduction to the world of cheese with the Academy of Cheese Level One Associate Certification.
With Victoria’s expertise spanning both cheese and wine — including a WSET Diploma and French & Spanish Wine Scholar qualifications — this one-day course offers something a little different: alongside learning the fundamentals of cheese, you’ll explore the art of pairing cheese and wine.
🧀 What will you discover?
Across this immersive day, you’ll explore:
• The fundamentals of cheesemaking and affinage
• The history and characteristics of classic cheeses
• The Academy of Cheese Make Post-Make classification model
• The principles of professional cheese tasting and service
• 25 different cheese styles
• How to communicate about cheese with confidence
• The principles behind successful cheese and wine pairings
And, of course, there will be plenty to taste!
Taste 12 classic cheeses throughout the day, alongside 6 wines specifically selected to demonstrate different pairing principles.
🎓 Your Academy of Cheese journey
The course is designed to prepare you for the Academy of Cheese Level One Associate assessment, which you can complete online, in your own time, after the course.
Your course fee includes:
📚 Academy of Cheese printed delegate pack
📖 Level One Cheese book
🧀 Tasting of 12 cheeses
🍷 Tasting of 6 wines
🌍 12 months’ access to the Academy of Cheese online
📖 Learning Road and Cheese Library access
🎓 Level One online exam
🏅 Certificate and pin badge upon successful completion
Whether you’re a cheese lover, chef, cheesemonger, sommelier, food writer or speciality retailer, Level One is a great starting point for anyone who wants to understand cheese more deeply — professionally or simply for the love of it.
📍 Kent Local Wine School
📅 17 October 2026
⏰ 10.30am–4.30pm
💷 £195
🇬🇧 English
Come for the cheese, stay for the pairings — and leave with a whole new appreciation of the wonderful world of cheese. 🧀🍷
Book here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0rwkxK0
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