The course was offered at the last Fermenters Guild of British Columbia conference. I thought this was too good of a opportunity to pass up so I paid my money and went to the conference and paid for the course. This will help me relate food and wine to my customers and for my own self as well. Very intense course as it was compressed into two days for the conference agenda to allow for time for both. The conference was good and the course was outstanding. The plan is for level 2 next year.