THEMED ACTIVITY STATIONS

PICK THE $100 WINE

Clients love this station, in which we have a selection of 3-4 wines which are blind-tasted, with the taster attempting to utilize their wine knowledge and skills to guess the $100 wine. A token gift such as a wine key makes a great prize for the winners! Even the losers win as they get to sample a flight of interesting wines!

IS A BLENDED WINE BETTER?

At this station, our wine expert will create a custom blended wine especially to be poured during the event. Clients will taste each component wine individually, and then the blended wine, and decide which is superior – the sum or the parts! 

CELEBRITY SERIES 

Celebrity Wine Series

Whether it’s Celebrity Wines from Château Miraval (Pitt/Jolie), or Sun Goddess (Mary J Blige), or Z. Alexander Brown (Zac Brown), there are a host of celebs who have discovered the world of wine – and are using their star power to showcase new, exciting brands that have set the wine world a-buzzing. 

In this special activity station, we’ll present a selection of the best Celebrity Wines, the newest, hottest and latest trendy wines - along with entertaining and informative tidbits on the background and gossip surrounding this unique slice of the wine market pie!

Celebrity Spirits Series

It all started with George Clooney and Casamigos tequila…and now every celebrity seems to have their own personal spirit brand! From Heaven’s Door Straight Rye Whiskey (Bob Dylan) to King St. Vodka (Kate Hudson) to 818 Tequila (Kendall Jenner), there are a plethora of Celebrity Spirits clamoring for the attention of cocktail and spirit lovers. This activity station will present the finest, trendiest and most interesting Celebrity Spirts we can find – along with the stories and gossip that made them famous….

PAIR IT!

A riff on the classic “food and wine pairing station” in which each of the client’s selected food items are presented by our experts along with a “pair” of wine selection. The question – which wine excels? Does the Oregon pinot pair more successfully that the California choice? The cabernet vs the merlot? Or the chardonnay or Champagne? Always an unpredictable and entertaining station! 

SALTY FOODS AND WINE  

Everyone loves potato chips, or French fries, or tortilla chips – but they don’t pair with wine….Or do they??? At this station, we’ll offer our best pairings of a salty food (or 2!) and a perfect wine accompaniment. Will the clients agree?? Can wine be paired with salty foods??

POPS AND HOPS

This highly entertaining station pairs 2 of our favorite things – beer and popcorn! We’ll showcase a series of different popcorn flavors, match them to San Diego’s finest craft brews, and let the client decide on their favorites. A low-key, fun station!

“QUICK TRIP” SERIES” 

At this highly entertaining station, our wine expert will guide clients on a whirlwind tour of a selected wine region. Be it Napa or Italy, Sonoma or Spain, we showcase the best and most interesting wines from your favorite region – all within the comfort and ease of your event facility! Vive le difference!

“TASTE BLINDFOLDED”  

In this truly unique station, clients will accept our challenge and don a blindfold to test their wine senses and knowledge! We’ll offer them pairs of wines, and ask them to guess what they are. Pairings might be a red wine and white wine, or a pinot noir and a cabernet, or an American wine and a French wine…. The possibilities are endless, and we can adapt the pairings to any audience—and even offer a prize for a correct guess!

WINE WARS! 

So which chardonnay is better – ours or the French one? How about our cab vs an Argentinian? Or pinot from Oregon vs New Zealand? Our experts will pair the best from the U.S. against selections from throughout the wine world – and let the battle begin! Which will the client prefer – familiar wines from the U.S. or sensational selections from abroad…?

IT’S FROM WHERE???? A GLOBAL WINE PROSPECTIVE

This station is designed to showcase how many of our favorite goto wines – the Napa cab, a buttery chardonnay, Oregon pinot noir, etc. are also successfully grown and produced in other parts of the world, and oftentimes are better than our favorites!  Clients will sample several pairs of wine side-by-side, and can choose for themselves which they prefer. Many times it’s not what they expect!