A comprehensive study of all major wine-producing appellations of origin in South America's 4 significant wine producing countries. The course covers an examination of the Wine History, Key Grape Varieties, Winemaking, and Viticulture with a discussion of resulting wine styles, Regional Terroir, Wine Laws, Key Producers, and Essential Wine Terminology associated with Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay. This course will give you a thorough mastery of the major regions and wines of South America. It will also help contextualize how the great wines of South America compare with stylistically and gastronomically with the famed wines of other Countries around the World.The Certification examination will require you to pass a rigorous Wine Theory Exam consisting of 100 questions in various formats, 5 Short Answer questions, and a Tasting Exam in which you must successfully identify the wine's grape, articulate it's key descriptive & quality elements, define it's general age, evaluate it's structure, identify it's stage of development, assess it's aging potential and draw parallels to other Old and New World wine regions.