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Seminars & Tastings

Private wine seminars, built around your team.

Every seminar is designed and led personally by Greg. Formats scale from intimate boardroom sessions to full-day executive retreats — always structured, always educational, never a performance.

Program library

Seven signature programs.

Each program can be delivered as a single session, a full-day intensive, or a multi-part series. Content is always tailored to the audience in the room.

01

Wine Tasting Fundamentals

Overview

A structured introduction to sight, smell, taste, and structure — the framework that turns tasting into a shared vocabulary.

Benefits

  • Confident tasting vocabulary
  • A repeatable framework for evaluating any wine
  • Better conversations with sommeliers, staff, and clients

Ideal for

Wine enthusiasts, Leadership teams, Event staff and Professionals entering hospitality roles

02

Food & Wine Pairing

Overview

The principles behind pairing — structure, weight, contrast, and place — applied to real menus and real service moments.

Benefits

  • Reliable pairing logic beyond old rules of thumb
  • Menu-ready pairings for private events and client dinners
  • Sharper collaboration between kitchen, floor, and cellar

Ideal for

Wine enthusiast Foodies, Event teams and Hospitality Professionals

03

Wine & Glassware

Overview

Why glass shape actually matters — and how the right stemware quietly upgrades everything about how a wine is experienced.

Benefits

  • Practical glassware standards for hospitality and private cellars
  • Side-by-side evidence that changes how teams think about service
  • Recommendations calibrated to budget, brand, and use case

Ideal for

Restaurant staff, Winery Hospitality staff, Wine Enthusiasts

04

Napa vs Bordeaux

Overview

A rigorous comparative tasting exploring the two most influential Cabernet regions in the world — climate, craft, and identity, side by side.

Benefits

  • Deep understanding of style, structure, and terroir
  • Sharper buying instincts for cellars and lists
  • A signature format for private and executive events

Ideal for

Wine Enthusiasts & Collectors, Executives, Leadership teams, Winery Hospitality and Restaurant staff

05

Napa vs Sonoma

Overview

Educational comparison of the two most important California wine regions.

Benefits

  • Geographic map of Napa & Sonoma regions and the climate differences that impact wines
  • Practical guidance for wine collections and wine lists
  • Foundational introduction to New World wines

Ideal for

Wine Enthusiasts & Collectors, Corporate teams, Winery Hospitality and Restaurant staff, Retreats

06

Global Wine Perspectives

Overview

A guided journey through the regions and styles that matter most on a modern global list — from America to Argentina, Champagne to Chianti, Rhone to Rioja

Benefits

  • A globally informed palate
  • Confidence when navigating international wine lists
  • A stronger foundation for buying and program design

Ideal for

International Corporate teams, Wine Enthusiasts & Collectors, Winery Hospitality and Restaurant staff, Retreats

07

Wine for Business Mastery

Overview

The signature executive program: how to use wine as a business asset — for hospitality, client relationships, and cross-cultural fluency and engagement.

Benefits

  • Productive and proactive global client engagement and relationship development
  • Become a more confident host in any setting
  • Create a shared language and engagement plan for leadership groups and client relationship staff

Ideal for

C-Suite leaders, Business Development teams, Customer-facing leaders

Design a program

Not sure which seminar fits?

Share a bit about your team and goals — Greg will recommend a format, length, and set of wines built around the outcome you want.