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Corporate & Private Tastings

 The Lancashire Wine School 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
• Team Building
•  Business Seminars/Conferences (usually prior to dinner!)

   The venue can be selected by us, 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 Cadburys, BT, Net Survey, Eagles Grapevine and The North West Lancashire Chamber of Commerce.

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 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
• 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.

The Lancashire Wine School area covers much of the old Lancashire boundaries, including Lancaster in the north to Bolton and Wigan in the south;  Blackpool in the west to Blackburn, Burnley and Colne in the east.   So whether your  company is based in Lytham St. Annes, Poulton-Le-Fylde,  Chorley, Leyland, Darwen or Clitheroe, we can provide the wine tasting corporate event for you.

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

 See what the North West Lancs Chamber of Commerce had to say about a wine tasting quiz we held for them recently by clicking here.

Just Contact Colin Burbidge on 01253 301934 who will be happy to discuss - formats, themes, dates, locations, numbers, budgets etc

Catering & Hospitality Training

If you run a licensed premise that serves wine have you considered the benfits of training your staff to improve their knowledge of wine?  Not only will your customers receive more knowledgeable customer service , your business will be able to leverage additional profit by up-selling better quality wines that enhance your customer's dining experience.  See WSET Professional Courses to see how these internationally recognised qualifications could help your organisation.

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.

So if you're on a golfingholiday or other type of holiday holiday in Blackpool, Lytham St. Annes or anywhere on the Fylde Coast or indeed Lancashire why not  add a sparkle or a spritz to your post golf activities with a private wine tasting event?

Just Contact Colin Burbidge on 01253 301934 for further information.

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