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All courses are run at The Old Joint Stock Theatre, in the heart of Birmingham, and as well as hosting a small - but beautifully formed - theatre also has an excellent pub. It is located opposite the main entrance of St Philip's Cathederal, just off Colmore Row.   4 Temple Row West, B2 5NY. About 5 minutes walk from Snow Hill and New Street railway stations. We use the function room on the first floor.

Evening courses start at 7pm and last for 2 hours. 

Saturday courses start at 11am, include Champagne, a two course lunch and finish at 4pm.

• Australia banned from using Champagne, Sherry and Port on labels
  Australian winemakers have been banned from using the words Champagne, Port and Sherry on their labels under a major EU deal.
• Nine new Masters of Wine announced
  Nine new Masters of Wine have been announced today, including three Decanter World Wine Awards judges and one DWWA regional chair.
• English sparkling beats top Champagnes at Decanter World Wine Awards
  East Sussex winery Ridgeview took the top sparkling wine trophy at last night's Decanter World Wine Awards �� to the amazement of its owners.
• Galilean winery in Rhone triumph
  A winery in Upper Galilee beat some of the world's most renowned producers of Syrah and Shiraz at the Decanter World Wine Awards.
• Diageo calls for taxation shake-up
  Drinks giant Diageo is calling for all drinks to be taxed at the same rate per unit of alcohol, regardless of whether they are beer, wine or spirits.
• Bordeaux harvest starts this week at Carbonnieux
  Chateau Carbonnieux in Pessac Leognan is due to begin picking its Sauvignon Blanc grapes at the end of this week after a 'roller-coaster' season of highs and lows.
• Dubai airport breaks duty-free wine sale record
  A fine wine store at Dubai Airport is claiming a world record after a customer spent a total of US$107,000 on eight bottles of wine.
• 'Perfect' auction lot to be offered at US wine festival
  The Naples (Florida) Winter Wine Festival will offer an unprecedented auction lot of 100 bottles of 100-point wines at its annual event in January.
• Thierry Manoncourt dies
  Thierry Manoncourt, the owner of Ch��teau Figeac in St Emilion, has died aged 92.
• DWWA medal winners touch down in Argentina
  More than 50 Argentinian sommeliers attended the first-ever Decanter World Wine Awards tasting in Argentina.
• New York harvest earlier, larger than 2009
  New York anticipates a larger and much earlier harvest this year than it had in 2009.
• Canadian harvest begins
  The Canadian harvest started today in Ontario's Niagara region, the earliest commercial picking there in more than 20 years.