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Sit back, relax and enjoy great wines in good company

Our JUST FOR FUN experiences are great for treating yourself (and/or a friend!) to a pleasurable and relaxing evening tasting or a full day including Champagne, a delicious lunch, and 12+ wines! Learn more if you want to, or just kick back, relax and drink some great wines with good company on these friendly and sociable evenings or weekends.

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Champagne and Sparkling Wine with Fish & Chips
Wed 22
Jan
- 2025 -
Champagne and Sparkling Wine with Fish & Chips
Champange and Sparkling Wine, matched with Fish & Chips! The perfect food and wine pairing.   Do you want to know what the letters 'NV' or the word 'BRUT' on the label of Sparkling wine actally means? We'll reveal this, and more.
£65.00
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Wine & (Posh) Crisps Matching (Vegan Friendly)
Wed 29
Jan
- 2025 -
Wine & (Posh) Crisps Matching (Vegan Friendly)
This is our original Crisps & Wine Event (and Vegan-Friendly!) where we have matched 6 carefully selected wines with some rather nice, quite posh crisps! One of our most popular events and always a sell-out!
£40.00
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Posh vs Plonk
Thu 06
Feb
- 2025 -
Posh vs Plonk
Join us for a fun and social evening during which we'll show you how to judge whether a wine is really worth its price tag. Seven Wines to Judge!
£40.00
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Ultimate Cheese & Wine Experience
Thu 20
Mar
- 2025 -
Ultimate Cheese & Wine Experience

Join us for the Ultimate Cheese & Wine Matching with Peter of the local Book & Bucket Cheese Company, creators of Shakespeare, Blyton & Potter Cheese, matched with 6 delicious wines specially selected by Dorset Local Wine School Owner, Ma...

£50.00
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BIG Bold Reds
Wed 30
Apr
- 2025 -
BIG Bold Reds
*NEW* For those of you who love your red wines Big & Bold, this is the event for you! We'll take you on a tutored tasting of 6 carefully selected red wines, the bigger, the bolder, the better!
£40.00
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The Furleigh Estate Dorset Wine Experience
Thu 08
May
- 2025 -
The Furleigh Estate Dorset Wine Experience
*NEW* Our first 'official' collaboration with one of Dorset's leading Vineyards, Furleigh Estate! Located just 5 miles from Jurassic Coast, we invite you to join us for a delightful evening tasting a selection of 7 of their locally-made Wines!
£55.00
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The Dorset (English) Wine Week Experience
Wed 25
Jun
- 2025 -
The Dorset (English) Wine Week Experience
*NEW* English Wine Week kicks off Saturday, 21st June to Sunday, 29th July so we'll be bringing a taste of some of those magic Dorset Wines to you! You'll have the chance to try 7 locally-made Wines from our fabulous on-the-doorstep Vineyards!
£60.00
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Join us for a fun wine tasting day (11am to 4pm) including a delicious two course lunch. Our Saturday courses are relaxed and informal experiences suitable for anybody from beginners to enthusiasts.

Beginning with champagne we sample 12 wines from around the world learning what makes each one different and why. 

What you'll learn:

  • Introduction to wine tasting (recognising elements such as acidity, sweetness, tannin, acidity, body, oak)
  • Major grape varieties
  • The effect of climate on the flavours in your glass 
  • Understanding how winemaking affects flavours in your glass
  • Food and wine pairings
  • There is plenty of time to enjoy the wines and ask your tutor all of those wine questions you have been wanting to know the answer to.
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