Home   News   Article

Ellon woman opens Aberdeen Local Wine School for educational experiences for wine enthusiasts


By Kirsty Brown

Easier access to your trusted, local news. Subscribe to a digital package and support local news publishing.



Click here to sign up to our free newsletters!

A wine enthusiast from Ellon is raising a glass to her new wine school which opens this autumn.

Launching Aberdeen Local Wine School is Anna Ferrier and will host regular in-person wine tastings and courses to those keen to learn more about wine.

The first event, an Introduction To Wine Tasting, will take place on September 8 at the Bio Café in Aberdeen.

Customers will have the opportunity to taste six different wines and learn about the main grape varieties, wine producing countries and basic tasting techniques.

She will subsequently be hosting an Introduction To Wine with lunch on September 24 at the Malmaison in Aberdeen; a Wine And Cheese Tasting on September 29 and Champagne And Sparkling Wine on October 1 at the Bio Café.

The school will extend to other towns in Aberdeenshire in the coming months.

She brings with her a wealth of experience following her role as store manager for Majestic Wine in Aberdeen where she ran tastings for customers and became a Wine and Spirit Education Trust Certified Educator and passed her Level 4 Diploma in Wines.

Whilst working at Majestic, Anna developed a great love and passion for all things wine and quickly realised that she enjoyed sharing her knowledge with other people during the tastings.

Anna Ferrier.
Anna Ferrier.

Whilst searching online she discovered a company called Local Wine School – a network of more than 27 wine school franchisees in the UK – and enquired about opening a wine school in Aberdeen.

She will now benefit from being an independently-owned business whilst becoming part of the UK's leading wine education network, and hopes to soon become the favoured destination for wine tastings in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

She said: “I look forward to bringing fun and informal wine tasting events to the city of Aberdeen, welcoming people from all backgrounds whatever their knowledge of wine may be.

"As a WSET Certified Educator I am also keen to offer WSET qualifications to eager enthusiasts as well as professionals who would like to further their careers within the industry.”

Owner of the Local Wine School Chris Powell said: “We are delighted to welcome Anna as the new franchisee for Aberdeen.

"Her experience, knowledge and passion for wine makes her an ideal candidate to run wine classes and courses, and we are looking forward to helping Anna grow a very successful business.

Originally from Germany, Anna moved to Scotland in 2010 to complete her bachelor’s degree in English Literature at the University of Stirling and then continued to do a master’s degree at the University of Edinburgh.

In her spare time, Anna enjoys making her own sour dough bread every week and baking cakes for special occasions, as well as tasting wine.

In particular she loves richer styles of Champagne like Bollinger and oaked Chardonnays, whilst her top wine choice is Orin Swift Abstract – a big, luscious, and powerful red wine with lots of personality.

For more information you can e-mail aberdeen@localwineschool.com or call 01224 679 187, or check out @aberdeenlocalwineschool on Instagram and Facebook or @AberdeenWine on Twitter.


Do you want to respond to this article? If so, click here to submit your thoughts and they may be published in print.



This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies - Learn More