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Corporate & Private Wine Tastings

Relax, listen, and learn. Let our Master Sommelier, Catherine Fallis, aka grape goddess® and our team of Certified Sommeliers take care of everything for you. 

  • selecting the wines and negotiating on your behalf the best prices
  • coordinating glassware, pouring, and set up
  • food pairing details with venue and/or caterer
  • giving your guests a great show!  

Our most popular Wine Tastings:

  • Certified
  • Advanced
  • Masters
  • Custom
Novice/Beginners
What is Wine, Wine Around the World, Major Grape Types, How to Taste

In this introductory tasting we'll learn about senses and how to put them to use right away as we taste through a flight of six wines. We'll also explore what grapes make the best wine, the best place to grow grapes, and the basic geography of wine growing regions, how wine is made, the building blocks of wine, wine types, and about the major grape types, including how to pronounce them by repeating along with grape goddess®.
Novice/Intermediate
Professional Wine Tasting, Food & Wine Pairing, The Restaurant Wine Scene

In this program we'll demystify the wine tasting experience and learn how the pro's do it as we taste through a flight of six wines. We'll introduce the basic concepts of food and wine pairing as we taste through sweet, salty, savory, sour, and spicy bites, so you can discover firsthand what works and why. We'll explore the restaurant wine scene, giving you access to the best deals when ordering wine in restaurant, and we'll discuss interacting with the Sommelier and bringing your own wine in.
Intermediate/Experts
Blind Tasting Skills, The Retail Wine Scene, The Dream Cellar

In this program we'll explore the wine retail scene, giving you access to the best deals when shopping for wine at the winery, online, or at your favorite wine shop. We'll look at what is involved and give you tips on building your dream wine cellar, then we'll conclude this program by tasting through a flight of six wines blind to fine tune our deductive tasting process.
Experts

The Greatest Wines in the World, Collecting Wine, Ordering the Right Wine, Getting the Most from your Sommelier, Building your Dream Cellar, Entertaining with Wine, Cheese and Wine Pairing, Chocolate and Wine Pairing, The Wines of Bordeaux, Burgundy, The Rhone Valley, Tuscany, Napa Valley, or any region of the world; California vs. France - The Great Taste Off, and more. Call us to help design a custom wine tasting that will wow your clients and guests.

  

Her knowledge is immense, but her approach is "girl next door." From bridal showers and girl's night out to $5,000 per plate formal dinners, grape goddess® is your only choice. Book her for your next team building event - even analysts, software designers, quality control and semiconductor engineers will put down their smartphones, have fun, and interact with each other! Just ask the folks at Apple, Oracle, PayPal, Magnachip Semiconductor, Microsoft, and more.

 

Email grapegoddess@planetgrape.com or call us at 415 425 5828 for a per person quote.

Corporate Client List - (click here to expand)
Apple Inc.
Atypon Systems
Bloomberg
Boston Consulting Group
Canada Life
Carlson Marketing Group
Carr & Ferrell LLP
Centocor
Charles Schwab
Classic Conferences
Cisco Systems
Direct Marketing Association
Eli Lilly
Fidelity Investments
French Culinary Institute
Goldman Sachs
Hearthstone
Lifescan
Magnachip Semiconductor
McCann World Group
Meeting Sites Pro Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
MorganStanley-SmithBarney
Oracle
PayPal
Pharmedica
Ritz-Carlton Hotels
Rhone Poulenc-Rorer/Dermik
Rothschild Asset Management
SAP Developer Network
Schiff Hardin & Waite
SNC-Lavalin
SSP Group
Superior Brands
Taos Group
Walsh, Donovan, Lindh & Keech
Wells Fargo

 

"Everyone was raving about your style and knowledge."

"My expectations were exceeded! And that doesn't happen often. I'm a tough marker."

"You certainly have helped further our sales process!!"

"Thank you for the magnificent seminar you did for us. We had such great feedback!"

"People had an amazing time based on phone calls and notes that came last week. Your approach was warm and informative. I'm a fairly casual guy, rarely throw parties, but I felt all grown up after that Saturday affair. You were certainly the center of it all making for a great time!"
Tom Zanelli, San Francisco , September 2006

 
 
 
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