Edinburgh Local Wine School

You'll find yourself in a proper wine school that doesn't take itself too seriously, tucked away on Lauriston Place in the shadow of the university. This is the sort of place where you can rock up for a structured tasting if you're keen to learn your Riojas from your Riojas, or settle in at the bar with a glass poured by someone who can actually explain why it matters. The setup encourages chatting—you're as likely to end up deep in conversation with the person next to you about natural wines as you are to be scribbling notes. It's refreshingly unpretentious for somewhere teaching you about wine.