Wine Tasting Program Enhances Student Engagement

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver-based Quini, an interactive wine tasting, rating and recommendations application and data solutions provider, launched a program in late April for wine schools. The program is designed to enhance student engagement, empower educators, improve class structure and bring consistency to wine tasting course delivery.
“Quini’s expansion into the wine education stream is a natural opportunity, as the application is perfectly fit for wine enthusiasts who are truly interested in growing their wine tasting knowledge,” said Roger Noujeim, CEO of Quini, in a statement. “Quini is an easy way for wine schools of any size to bring world-class structure and standards to their wine tasting classes and introduce students to a system they can keep learning with for life.”
The interactive wine tasting software platform is available for use on the iPhone, iPad and the Web. It works using a five-petal graphic that represents a basic wine review structure: eye, nose, mouth, finish and opinion. It allows students to rate each aspect of the wine tasting experience and eventually come up with their own rating for the wine. This is then visualized in the shape of a blooming flower, with different petals at different sizes based on the rating of the wine’s quality and character.
“Quini’s five-step wine review structure, simple, defined language and interactive nature are unique and make it ideal for learning,” said Katherine McEachnie, wine specialist, International Wine and Spirit Competition judge and educator, in a statement. “As schools and wine tasting educators begin to adopt Quini, the benefits of a common wine tasting and rating standard that is this well thought out should spill over and greatly benefit the wine industry as a whole.”
Quini’s school program supports beginner and advanced level classes, and enables organizations with multiple locations to set common education standards across facilities, quickly and easily. The program is designed to augment and support — rather than replace — existing wine school curriculums. The program features overhead screen projection and interaction capability as well as educator course materials and student class materials.