Welcome to
Crush Course
From the heart of Northern California wine country, Crush Course brings you wine education direct from a wine insider and experienced educator. Crush Course is ready to chart your course through wine learning.
Why Crush Course?
With a wide range of content and hands-on experiences, we have the resources and know-how to expand your wine knowledge. From beginner to advanced, the wine curious to the aficionado, the novice to the pro, Crush Course excites your wine curiosity, deepens your expertise and helps wine teams reach their goals.
“Teaching is my passion. Wine is my love. Let me share them with you.”
Learn
How wine’s foundations and stories link grapes, regions, and styles. Recognizing connections make the wine world easier to navigate.
Taste
Wine is made to savor! We help you interpret the sensations on your palate and guide you to create food pairings that tantalize.
Discover
How your current knowledge, however big or small, fits in the larger wine story – how to add to it, and how to make it your own!
Crush.
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Ready, Set, Learn!
Inspired by Crush, that magical season when ripened grapes are harvested, pressed of their juice, and transformed into wine. Crush Course engages, entices, educates – ultimately opening eyes and doors into the vast world of wine.
Our lively and interactive teaching style incorporates team challenges, collaborative games and lots of wine glasses (for tasting of course!) We believe in learning by doing: getting your hands, boots and wine glasses dirty.
Crush Course specializes in developing custom professional training programs. Wineries, restaurants, retailers, wholesalers and hospitality – We’ll curate the perfect program for your trade team.
About Crush Course
I’m Mary Beth Vierra, Certified Wine Educator, professional trainer, Italian Wine Scholar, and Crush Course Founder. This education platform has been fermenting for some time – a way to blend my love for wine and food (they do go hand in hand) and my life-long passion for education, training and discovery.
With numerous wine certifications under my belt, over a decade in wine education leadership, and years as a dynamic trainer, spokesperson and all-around seeker of wine insights and food discoveries, I’m thrilled to share this knowledge with you. Wine is best shared after all! Together we’ll develop the master blend: a private wine and food pairing with a side of education, a corporate seminar, or a customized professional training program designed for your trade team.
What’s your wine quest?
