There's a lot more to be learned about alcohol than which merlot you like best. Cocktail 101 of Gatineau helps impart skills and refine palates with a roster of courses that range from wine tasting to cocktail-making. The company's premiere course, which sets students up with a bartending diploma, simulates a real bar experience, allowing students to master not only the perfect martini shake but the multi-tasking skills required to simultaneously pour and listen to a patron's problems or weird sock-related anecdotes.