Tastings and Dinners
We offer an extensive programme of wine tastings and wine dinners in our historic cellars at 3, St. James's Street, London SW1 and across the UK. These events include informal walk-around events, tutored tastings and producer dinners.
An extensive programme throughout the year includes: informal walk-around tastings of over 20 wines; specialist tutored tastings and master-classes by Master of Wine speakers; producer dinners hosted by leading wine figures; food and wine tastings.
Locations:Our 300-year old vaulted cellars at 3, St. James's Street, London SW1; City of London; Wine and Fine Food Shop in Basingstoke; other historic locations throughout the UK.
Tickets for all these events are now available for purchasing online. - Please see below.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
Exclusively for London Wine Week, this interactive Wine School will use games to help you learn how wines taste and differ.
Hosted by Head of the Wine School, Rebecca Lamont, guests will get to taste three flights of three wines to include Bordeaux, Burgundy and Rioja (nine in total). By the end of the event you will have improved your tasting skills and will recognise what a great taster you are!
There’s no better place to learn about wine than in Berry Bros, & Rudd wine cellar; courses take place in our Pickering Cellar, situated below our historic St James's Street shop.
The evening includes:
Sparkling aperitif
Nine tasting samples
Nibbles, water biscuits and artisan cheese
6.15pm arrival for 6.30pm start.
Event details
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