Our Wine Tasting Evening takes the form of a fun, though informative quiz (with plenty of clues!), incorporating a blind tasting of 4 red and 4 white wines selected from some of the world’s best independent and specialist growers from our list of over 600 wines.

The format of the tasting is free-flowing and very sociable, looking at the different grapes used, a brief history, the styles and a review of the wine producing countries.

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Guests who only have a casual interest in the subject quickly become absorbed in finding out the kind of wine they like, and the bottles which they should leave on the shelf. It is usual to follow the tasting with a buffet to soak up the alcohol. We suggest that canapés, nibbles or cheese & biscuits are provided plus water/light refreshments. This can be easy to arrange yourselves or we can help by recommending a caterer. We will happily liaise with your caterers for example to pair food and wine in order to give guests a broader experience of matching the wines to chosen dishes. This route is by no means a pre-requisite; it all depends on location, timings and budgets.

We can design the tasting to suit your requirements, tailoring more specialised tastings of Champagne, Port, Beers and Lager etc. Wines can be ordered at the end of a tasting, enabling guests to take advantage of discounts and offers on the night. Unlike some wine tasting evenings, we do not operate a pressurised selling campaign throughout the evening, if you do not want to buy anything at the end of the night you are under no obligation whatsoever.

	Charlie has had over 25 years experience within the wine trade and has on numerous occasions written and presented magazine articles, TV & radio shows. The evenings are not a lecture or a sales pitch just extremely enjoyable and entertaining.