Meet · Funk University
Learn the list. Pour it well.
Free, self-paced tracks for hospitality staff and curious drinkers, written from the same proof and glossary that run isitfunky.
No accreditation and no certificates: just what we know, with links to where it comes from.
Tracks
Five starter tracks
- 01What makes a wine natural, and how we prove itThe words on a natural list in plain language, and how isitfunky decides a place pours natural wine: sources and dates, not opinions.5 lessonsFloor staff, new hires, curious drinkers
- 02Reading a wine listHow to find your way around a natural list: producers, cuvées, styles, and a phone camera to check who is behind a bottle.3 lessonsCurious drinkers, new floor staff
- 03Serving natural wineTemperature, air, haze and the honest conversation at the table. Hospitality first: the guest should feel looked after, not lectured.4 lessonsServers, bartenders, sommeliers
- 04Running a proof-worthy listHow a venue shows its proof: its own words, a readable list with producers named, a claimed listing. Free, and never for sale.4 lessonsVenue owners, managers, wine buyers
- 05Natural wine regionsThe regions that define natural wine, from the Loire to Kakheti, and how to connect a bottle on your list to the place it came from.3 lessonsEveryone
- 06Follow the journey: Faking ItOne lesson per episode of Faking It, the owner's road from can't-taste to certified. Each ends with one line to use at a bar tonight. 18+.6 lessonsCurious drinkers starting from zero, like the owner
For venues
Train your team
Want these tracks run for your floor staff? Tell us about your team and we’ll reply to talk it through. Nothing is booked or charged by sending this.
Owners: the proof-worthy list track pairs with claiming your listing.