Corporate & Private Tastings

The West London Wine School also runs professionally organised wine events tailored to meet the demands of business and private clients.

Corporate Clients

We run corporate events for companies, both large and small anywhere in the UK. Our packages can be tailored to meet a wide variety of client requirements and to suit most budgets. Companies have used us for diverse events, such as:

Client Entertainment
Staff Team Reward/Entertainment
Business Seminars/Conferences (usually prior to dinner!)

The venue can be selected by us (such as our Wine Cellars), or the event can be organised at the clients premises/offices. The event can take many formats, from fun and informal with quiz/team element, to a tutored tasting with a wide variety of wines. All equipment, glasses, wine, notes etc are supplied. We have organised & hosted wine-tasting events for companies such as Billington Cartmell, Charlemagne Wine Club and Steam UK.

We also host fund-raising wine tastings for many local & national charitable organisations. Our format for the evening can be tailor made but normally includes the following -

Hire/cleaning of professional ISO tasting glasses
Chilling equipment for optimal serving of white wines
Approx 6-8 different high-quality wines
Professional tasting notes /quiz sheets on each wine
Digital projection equipment with DVDs/Maps/Slides
A fun quiz/team format tutored tasting
A special 'Whose Wine Is It Anyway' and 'Winebusters' wine game
Nez du Vin Aroma - sets of wine-related scents (fun!)

All our wine events are highly interactive in nature, and are produced and structured for all levels of knowledge and interest in wine. Our proven & successful format involves a fun, team-based wine quiz based on a blind-tasting game with lots of carefully-picked clues which allow novices as much chance of winning as seasoned wine drinkers. All our wine tastings include our aroma phial kits. These sets of wine-related aromas provide fantastic entertainment, and are a uniquely inventive way of developing the guests' sensory skills. Each Corporate event includes a rapid introductory session on how to taste wine – explained in a no-nonsense practical approach.

In the team quiz your wine host will present a series of wines to deduce the identity of. There can be many themes to the evening, all of which provide a focus for the guests and ample opportunity to collaborate and interact. Past themes have included French vs New World, Australia vs America, old wine or young wine, Italy vs Spain etc. For each wine the guests will receive helpful and objective coaching from the wine host enabling them to have a good chance at guessing the wine.

'Whose Wine Is It Anyway' wine game

Our most successful and enjoyable format is the 'Whose Wine Is It Anyway' wine game where a wine is presented by three different panelists in three differing descriptions and the teams must decide who is telling the truth and who is bluffing. It runs on the same rules as the TV series Call My Bluff and is highly interactive, engaging and fun. The top two teams will then battle out in a Blockbuster-style game called 'Winebusters' answering some simple wine trivia questions to win prizes!

If you're considering holding a Conference, Meeting or Team Celebration why not enhance the experience with a wine tasting event from the West London Wine School. We can tailor our corporate package to meet your conference needs.

Private Clients

We can also arrange private tastings at a selected venue, or in your own home if you wish. We usually advise a minimum party size of 10-12 for cost reasons. We can offer advice on themes and wines if you wish, or source wines to suit your own preference. The tasting usually runs for 1.5 to 2 hours, but can be tailored to suit your requirements. Prices vary depending upon location, numbers and of course the type of wine. Prices start from as little as £10 per head.

Please contact us or call Jimmy Smith on 07890 33984 who will be happy to discuss formats, themes, dates, locations, numbers, budgets etc

Corporate Feedback

"The team all are so keen and I'm sure that is in no small part to your enthusiasm in teaching. Thanks again for what has been an invaluable training but also team building excersise with these core staff who now have a real connection." (Andrew Lundy, Vino Wines, March '10)

"It was a pleasure working with you guys and we have had such positive feedback from the night. It was thoroughly enjoyable" (Deborah Spencer, Tom Dixon, Dec '09)

“I've wanted to do a Wine Tasting for ages, I loved it. I think you're very good at it... I was on a course today and told everyone about it” (Jo Norris Private Tasting 27/02/10)

"Jimmy is an excellent teacher - passionate, knows his stuff and never makes you feel like a beginner - thank you!" (Vicky 11th March)

"The 4-week wine course was a very good introduction to the world of wine... easy to follow and understand... and above all the wines were delicious!!! All in all a great opportunity to learn about wine and to meet other people." (Ramona 11th March)

"I took the course as an introduction to wine tasting and was blown away by the quality and usefulness of the knowledge given. Thanks - will come again!" (Janna 11th March)

For more feedback on corporate tastings as well as all other formats please visit here

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