Flip the practice of studying inside out and discover how to do it better
It feels hard because it IS hard.
Without any support, wine students are expected to learn and memorize a massive amount of information. In wine exams, they are expected to recall specific details from a sea of minutiae, demonstrate a wide breadth of knowledge, write an essay on any given topic in wine, and do all of this while under a hefty amount of stress.
WineStudySkills is a course that supports students in their pursuit of wine credentials by empowering people with ridiculously effective study skills so they can get to where they want to go in the world of wine.
WineStudySkills Manifesto
Anyone can learn wine theory.
Anyone can learn to blind taste.
Anyone can be successful in their pursuit of wine studies
When they know how learning works
from a brain perspective.
Three components covered in the Wine Study Skills Course:
Attention
Ways we can teach the brain to optimize its focus and concentration
Mental Energy
Ways we can increase our brain energy and performance
Memory
Ways the brain learns information, how the brain stores masses of information in memory and how to wield this knowledge to our studying advantage
The more we know about how the brain works, the more power we wield over our studying success
The Course
WineStudySkills
The Wine Study Skills course will show you neurodevelopmentally informed strategies that will propel your studying to the next level.
The course takes you through 3 core components of studying and explains strategies in a way that is easy to absorb and incorporate into your studying practice.
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The four main steps for a successful approach to studying:
• Deconstruct the skill of studying into its three component parts
• Learn the components well enough to self-regulate and self-correct when studying becomes stalled
• Remove barriers to studying
• Study consistently
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The more effectively we use our time, the more productive we become. In this component, we learn how to maximize study time with improved focus and concentration.
+ four strategies to enhance Attention
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We can think of mental energy as the fuel for sustaining concentration, learning and memorization.
+ four strategies to enhance Mental Energy
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You will learn how to maximize the brain’s ability to learn and store vast amounts of information + learn how memory works in the brain (including how to strengthen the formation of memory and avoid the degradation of memory).
You will understand how to optimize the learning process, explore how the brain has an almost limitless potential for storing information visually, learn how to access stored information in an exam setting where nerves can sabotage the retrieval of information, and much more.
+ six strategies to enhance memory
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Tips for reviewing before an exam
How to capitalize on the power of dopamine and its role in the brain’s reward circuit.
+ its importance for memory and focus
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How to deal with stress what it is, why it exists, how to isolate stress responses and calm them
+ strategies to regain the ability to think clearly if suffering from a stress response
Course Summary
Participants leave with a document that contains all of the detailed course information plus a handy summary of each strategy to use as a quick reference guide.
Additional Courses
Group or Individual Sessions
Studying Support Sessions
Put brain-based strategies into action with guided support to get you through your challenging study material.
Need Guided Support For Studying?
tasting
Neurodevelopmental Perspective Course
This course teaches how to approach tasting from a brain perspective and will guide you towards tasting with more precision and confidence.
Discover How Tasting Works From The Inside Out