Wine Tasting - 20th July

Following on from our 2 previous successful wine tasting events hosted by the ever popular Jeff Heasman, we wish to invite you to come and join the Council of The Insurance Institute of Southampton once again for this CPD event with wine tasting. As well as running an insurance training business, Jeff is the owner of a wine business in Spain and a professional member of the Society of Wine Educators. This will be a fun event and we hope that you can join us. Please book early as places are limited for this event!

About the session

We often take our senses for granted and yet greater sensory awareness enables us to focus on the present, reduce anxiety and improve our emotional reactions to things that occur around us. Sensory awareness is also a fundamental part of wine tasting. In this fun and entertaining CPD session, through using sensory awareness techniques to taste 5 different wines from Spain and Portugal, we will learn what sensory awareness is and how it can be used to improve our mental wellbeing.

The characteristics of a good wine can teach us a lot about the characteristics of a good communicator. Each wine is unique in its character and so too is each person. However, there are common ingredients and methods that go in to producing the finished article, whether it be a good wine or a good communicator.

Through tasting five different Spanish and Portuguese wines, each with a unique character, this session will relate these characteristics to the five essential characteristics of a good communicator, from preparation through to the execution of a message.

Jeff Heasman is a well known and highly experienced international trainer who specializes in law, cognitive skills and communication within the insurance and financial services industry. In addition, Jeff has a passion for Spanish wines and through his wine businesses based in Spain and Portugal he offers cultural and wine tasting events and vineyard tours, with a particular focus on the culture, food and wines of Galicia in northwest Spain and Vinho Verde in northern Portugal. Jeff has a bachelors and masters degree in law, he holds a postgraduate English language teaching qualification, has obtained a certificate in wines from the Prestigious Wine & Spirit Trust (WSET) and is a member of the Society of Wine Educators. Jeff’s knowledge of the insurance and financial services industry combed with a passion for both effective communication, strong cognitive skills and wine, makes this a fun and entertaining CPD event with a difference.

It is advisable to book early as places are limited.