Northern Wine School

Took the SSA Certified Sake Sommelier course with John Callow. The class was very interesting, challenging, and the instructor was brilliant!

Wine education was revealing, food great and good company. Highly recommended.

I have done both the WSET 1 and WSET 2 classroom based courses with the Northern Wine School. I did them both from personal interest, rather than for my job. I found them extremely enjoyable and rewarding. No snobbery, nothing grand, just really good, highly knowledgeable, informative and down to earth teaching. If you enjoy wine and want to build your knowledge in a supportive yet professional, high quality, environment, this is for you.

What a day this was! I booked this experience with friends and was thrilled that I did. Upon arrival our host, Jack, was welcoming and friendly. We started with champagne and continued from there on a journey through palate education and food pairing discussions. The range of wines suited all budgets and Jack was thrilled to chat about our own wine experiences and answer any questions. Jack was so experienced and worked hard to keep connected to all 20 in the room. The food was lovely and was...

Went to a wine and cheese tasting in Manchester on Friday night - loved it! Really good evening: John really knows his stuff. All that knowledge makes the wine taste even better. It's not a lecture, John chats through the wine you're about to try and then leaves you to discover and chat about each one. Lovely people on our table too - made for a great night out. Definitely do this!