Bespoke wine experiences · Florida

Wine tastings, made to measure

We design wine experiences around the occasion, from private gatherings and celebrations to professional sessions for restaurants, companies and groups.

Plan an experience Call (754) 301-4092

Tastings and wine experiences

Our aim is to combine knowledge, entertainment and a hands-on experience, building each tasting around the level, the interests and the needs of the people in the room.

The occasion

Guests standing along a long table of glassware in a bright room lined with wine racks

Events and celebrations

Parties, corporate events and trade shows. Format, length and number of wines fit the event.

A sommelier pouring for a chef at a restaurant counter lined with glasses and open bottles

Restaurant teams

Wine knowledge, service, selling and pairing for front of house. Training and motivation at once.

An evening tasting at a long table beside a pool, strung with lights, hosts talking to seated guests

Private tastings

Friends, family, birthdays and anniversaries. The wines are picked around the group.

An instructor pointing at a projected map of the wine regions of the world, bottles on the table in front

Professional sessions

Technical work for the wine and hospitality trade: varieties, regions, winemaking, terroir and style.

A full restaurant dining room of seated guests at a tasting, a presenter standing at one side

Larger groups

From a small gathering to a full room. The wines and the level of difficulty move with the audience.

Bespoke experiencesAny of these can be built from scratch. Wines, theme, technical level, length, numbers and pairings, all to your brief.Plan yours →

The format

Vertical

Several vintages of one wine, to taste how it ages.

Horizontal

One vintage across producers, plots and styles.

Blind

Labels hidden. You work from the glass alone.

Competition

Teams, challenges and a scoreboard.

Pairings

Wines matched to dishes, course by course.

A wine experience can be educational, professional, gastronomic, or simply good fun. Designing it is our part.

A look through

Our events, the people we work with, and the guests who make each one worth being at.

A host presenting a bottle to guests seated around a restaurant table — Presenting the next pour at a restaurant tasting

Gustavo standing with the wine critic James Suckling, both holding glasses — With James Suckling

A guest examining a cork during a tasting — Reading the cork, which tells you more than people expect

A sommelier in a flat cap nosing a glass while holding the bottle, guests seated behind — Nosing a wine before it goes to the table

A restaurant team gathered along a wall while bottles and tasting mats wait on the counter — A floor team, mid session

A presenter addressing a seated group around tables in a bright room — A corporate session, mid morning

An instructor serving a table — Explaining our wines and serving customers at a resturant

A glass of red beside a bottle and a plate of sliced cheese on a counter — Cheese against a red, the simplest pairing there is

Bottles of white and sparkling wine chilling in an ice bucket beside a laid table — Whites holding temperature through a long evening

An instructor pointing at a winemaking diagram projected on a screen — Walking a team through how the wine was made

A long counter lined with seated guests facing a presenter, a map of the wine regions on the screen behind — A class along the counter

A table set up for a private, at-home wine tasting event. — A table set up for a private, at-home wine tasting

A seated class with glasses in front of them while an instructor presents at a screen — A professional session in a restaurant dining room

Three men with a bottle in front of a wine cellar — With the people who make it

Gustavo standing with two restaurant floor staff in aprons after a training session — With the floor team, after a session

A small table laid with slate boards of food, glasses and flowers before a tasting — Set for a small table, boards and all

Staff working behind a counter stacked with tasting glasses before service — Glassware counted out before anyone arrives

A host standing at a restaurant table talking to seated guests — Working the room between pours

Plan yours

Tell us how many people, where, and what you want them to walk away with. Gustavo will come back with a format, the wines and a date.

Enquire Call (754) 301-4092

Looking for something ongoing instead, such as training a floor team or rebuilding a wine list? That side of the work is on sommelier services. Real Vinum sells wine only to licensed Florida trade accounts; experiences and education are booked separately.