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North America is frequently under appreciated and under represented here in the UK. Many focus on California forgetting that this state of the USA alone is larger than Great Britain! There are some amazing wines to be found from across the USA as well as Canada and Mexico! Yes, Mexico! The Mexican wine region of Baja California is home to some phenomenal wines! Further north is Canada’s British Colombia region and more!

Join us in our unique event space, Art Box and look forward to an entertaining afternoon of wine education and enjoyment together with an amazing wine and food pairing experience in Chester with Cheshire wine specialist, Richard J Smith. Art Box features some amazing paintings from emerging artists around our region offering guests a light yet calming environment to experience wine and food pairing at its best.

Our Saturday wine school events, which include a five course tasting menu lunch, are a fantastic way to spend an afternoon learning more about the wonderful world of wine in a relaxed atmosphere and free of political opinions! There are always foodie treats on the menu but never wine snobbery! Our principal lunch courses will be prepared and served by the amazing students at Academy West at The Cheshire College hospitality school. We are proud to support the college wherever possible as we have done since 2013. Our cheeses are supplied by Britain’s finest cheesemonger and Royal Warrant holder, Paxton and Whitfield with handmade chutney from The Cheshire Chutney Company!

Our ‘a taste of’ events are usually region focussed: you’ll learn how a grape variety can create a completely different flavour dependent on where and in many cases how it’s been grown. Find out more about the effects of regional climates and how to understand some of the ‘jargon’ on a wine label and what all the swirling and sniffing is really for – most importantly you’ll taste the wines too! Each course is paired with a different wine to really get your tastebuds working and you’ll find out how wine and food pairing works by enjoying a fantastic lunch!

We’ll share some fun wine facts throughout the afternoon and we love questions so ask away and let us help you to more about what makes an amazing bottle of wine! What are tannins?, what do legs mean?, does wine really ‘breathe’? Find out the answers and more!

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