Food & Wine

This module aims to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of wine’s relationship to the UK on-trade industry. Students will analyse the key on-trade channels for wine and how products are successfully listed and marketed in bars, hotels and restaurants. The module will also include a number of practical exercises to investigate the principles of food and wine matching.

This module will include:

• Practical exercises to investigate the principles of food and wine matching.
• Types of on-trade business; including bars, hotels and restaurants.
• Wine list design, including pricing and range of wines and styles offered.
• How consumers interact with wine lists.
• The principles of food and wine matching; textures, weights and intensities - saltiness, acidity, sweetness, bitterness & umami.
• Food and wine matching practical sessions.

The outcomes of this module:

• Understand the key commercial decisions for on-trade businesses when designing a wine list.
• Analyse an appropriate food menu and design a complementary wine list.
• Explain why certain styles of wine match or clash with various types of foods.
• Describe the flavour, sweetness, textures, weights and intensity of food and wine.