The Wine Smart Course with Natalie MacLean

The course starts when you do. After you enroll, you have immediate access to all the lessons inside The Wine Smart Course, so you can hit the ground running!

I know that everyone moves at a different pace. That’s why you’ll get LIFETIME access to the entire course and bonuses so that you can go at your own pace and return to it as often as you like.

While it’s more fun to participate in our live, online tastings, no need to worry if you can’t make it. All of the tastings are recorded and archived so that you can access them anytime.

That’s up to you. Some students like to stretch the course out and watch just one of the 10-minute videos each week, cocktail-hour style before dinner.

Others like to binge-watch the entire course in less than five hours Netflix-style. You can skip weeks that are busy as you have lifetime access.

I know you’re busy — I get it! That’s why I created The Wine Smart Course to fit YOU and your lifestyle. Whatever’s going on in your life, you’ll never miss anything or fall behind because you get lifetime access to the course and bonuses.

You have complete freedom to start the program when you like and to take the program at YOUR PACE. So if you want to spend more time with a particular module or simply need to take some time away, the program is here for you as long as you need it… and so am I!

Don’t take this course if it means you can’t make the mortgage or rent payment, or can’t put food on the table.

However, if this isn’t an issue, then consider if you can afford not to take this course?

What’s the cost of buying another bad bottle of wine that clashes with your meal?

What’s the cost of feeling overwhelmed in a restaurant as you look at the wine list?

Okay, I could go on… but think of this course as an investment in every delicious bottle you buy going forward, every mouth-watering pairing you taste, every perfect choice you make in a restaurant, every beautiful gift wine you give ;)

Test drive the program for 30 days and if you don’t feel I’ve delivered the value I’ve promised, show me your completed coursework and you’ll get a full refund.

The reason I ask for your completed coursework is that I only want to work with wine lovers who are committed to learning about wine. I devote a lot of time, energy and care to my students, so it’s important that you’re as dedicated to this experience as I am to you.

You can email me personally at natdecants@nataliemaclean.com and I’ll give you a full refund.

If you don’t plan to start the program right away, I’d still love to have you join. Just be sure that this for you because the refund eligibility does have a firm deadline. This ensures that only dedicated wine lovers are in the program, which helps us avoid wasting your time and ours.

That said, I know you’re going to love this program, and I stand behind my work 100%!

Wine info on the web is free, but your time is not. How much time do you want to spend searching for trusted, expert guidance that takes you step by step on how to taste, pair and buy wine like a professional?

The web is an environment of distraction, whereas a custom-designed course is an area of focus where you’ll remember what you learn and develop the confidence in wine faster than hunting and pecking around the internet… and that’s after you realize you just spent an hour watching cat videos or Ellen’s best monologues ;)

Yes! For every wine I suggest, I give you a link to more than fifty wines to pick as an alternative, which you’ll find in your liquor store.

These wines are not only affordable, but they’re also under-priced, meaning they taste twice as expensive as they cost. So you’ll be discovering some new faves that you’ll continue to buy.

Yes, I do! I love tasting wines from my own backyard, so to speak, and include them in several tastings in the course as well as the bonuses.

If you don’t live in Canada, you’ll still find wines of similar styles as I always recommend lots of alternatives available in your local liquor store.

There’s no other wine course on the market of this depth delivered in a truly entertaining way. Plus:

1. Lifetime access means you learn on your schedule at your pace in your place.

2. Personal attention from your instructor (that’s me) as you go through the course and after you finish it.

3. Unbeatable value and bonuses compared to courses of similar depth.

Many of my students opted to take my course rather than one at a local college because of the flexibility to choose when you take the course, not having to sit in a classroom for three hours after a long day at work and not having to drive home after drinking wine.

They also found my course more affordable and loved the two-for-one benefit of doing the course from home with a spouse, partner, friend or relative.

Welcome to the warmest, most welcoming wine community online! You’ll never have to sit in a classroom, be put on the spot or even have to participate in the online discussions if you don’t want to.

For those who are shy or introverts like me, it’s a relief to learn in the comfort of your own home and just sit back and watch the recorded and live videos, wine in hand.

The Wine Smart Course is a perfect jumpstart to your career in wine, whether you want to work in a winery as tasting room staff or as a tour guide, at a wine agency as an importer or sales rep, in a travel agency specializing in wine regions, at a PR/advertising agency with food and drink clients or in a restaurant as a server, sommelier or manager.

It’s also ideal for those who’ve just started a wine career since this course will get you up to speed quickly, particularly when you don’t have time to take a physical course and need flexibility.

I can send you a sheet that you can review with your boss to explain why the course is a great investment in your professional development, not to mention, tax-deductible. Just email me at natdecants@nataliemaclean.com to get it.

Yes, you get a receipt for this course, which is tax-deductible as professional training if you’re in the wine, food, travel, hospitality and related industries.

Some employers in banking, consulting and other businesses reimburse students for the course fee because it helps their employees with client entertaining and sales relationships.

Absolutely! You’ll get a certificate indicating that you’ve completed the course, plus a badge showing that you are Wine Smart Certified. You can put this on your website, social media profiles or wherever you like.

You may have taken two or three wine courses previously: The Wine Smart Course will cement that knowledge for you because of the interactive, multi-media way it’s designed.

Plus, most courses don’t take the deep dive into food and wine pairing as we do, so it’s a way of strengthening your knowledge in that fundamental area.

Lifetime access means that you have access to all the course videos, workbooks, templates and other materials for as long as I’m offering this course.

That means you can go back to them as often as you like and layer your learning by re-watching the videos.

I’m going into year three for offering this course, and it’s what I want to do for the next twenty years ;)

Even if I were to wrap up this course, I’d give you ample opportunity to download and save all the course materials on your own computer, which you can do now.

No, you don’t need to be on Facebook. The course materials are on a separate, private platform that’s not part of any social media channel.

You get a password to login and access everything immediately. We have a private Facebook group for course members, but that’s an extra that’s not necessary to join… though it’s lots of fun ;)

Yes, I’m here for you! Ask me your wine questions anytime during our regular live tastings together, via email or inside the private member’s group.

I’d be happy to answer any questions you have. Just email me at natdecants@nataliemaclean.com.