Wine Events

... for your home, club, restaurant or store.
Wine Tasting at Your Place

You create an occasion to share a wine tasting experience with friends and family. Contact me to discuss how this would work.
Wine Tastings for your Club or Association

Are golf days a bit old? Get a group of wine minded friends together for a monthly wine tasting session.
Wine Tasting at Restaurants & Resorts

Have a wine tasting at your establishment for an extra fun activity or promotion. Together we could create a tasting that works for you and your guests.

Are you wine curious? Wish you could try different wines to find your favourite tipple?
We offer fun and informal wine tasting events to match your budget, your time and your location! Call Cherise on 0276688776 or use the contact form to get in touch.

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About Cherise

I’ve always been wine curious and my goal is to enhance your wine drinking experience. I want to help you experience wine both inside and outside of your comfort zone; special occasion wines, wine and food matches, and the best wine for your buck.

My fascination with wine took off when I visited Daniel Le Brun’s wine caves in Blenheim about 20 years ago. I was incredibly impressed by the craft that went into his methode traditionnelle. I had no idea what went into making it but I was hooked!

Learning from the people who grow and make wine is the best education there is. Chatting with winemakers at cellar doors and vineyards across New Zealand and overseas has led to a deep respect for those who grow, pick and press the grapes, and for those who make, collate and curate the wine. These experiences, paired with formal wine qualifications mean I’m finally on my way to identifying what I really like to drink!

My wine journey is a continual learning curve because I’m naturally wine curious, and I look forward to sharing my passion and knowledge with you.

Upcoming Events

NZ’s Best: Methode to Red Blends

This is an invitation only event by the host, Charmaine Hands. We will be tasting and evaluating som...

4Artsake Wine Evening

4Artsake Gallery at Ohope beach is hosting a Taste Wine event on the 18th of July at 6pm. If you are...

A Tour of Italy

Double Zero and Cherise from Taste Wine would like to invite you to: A Tour of Italy Join us as w...

In-store Wine Tastings

In partnership with a wine shop near you, this event focuses on newly released wines. All wines avai...

Wine Tasting at Restaurants & Resorts

A relaxed evening of 4 to 6 wines matched to 6 small courses (set menu). Learn how wine and food wor...

Italian Wine Tasting

Last night I hosted a restaurant-based event we called A Tour of Italy. The concept was that we would learn how to evaluate samples of wines that were made of a specific well known Italian grape. It was huge fun. We started with a lovely Astoria Prosecco which...

Wine Snobbery

This is a thing. But not as big a thing as you might think. Firstly, wine people are really into it! We don't think we are better than Gin and Tonic or JD's and Coke drinkers. Personally, gin makes me cry, beer is bloating, and early forages into drinking...

Wine Tasting Placements

We’ll discuss several ideas on wine tasting parties, but first, let’s get set up with the right tools. Wine placemats help organize the flow of a hosted tasting and will help your friends understand what to do. Download the free placemat. Read more.....

Letter to a young wine taster

Dear Taster, So, you’re off; you’ve begun. You’ve discovered wine’s fascination. You’re thirsty for flavours, knowledge, understanding. I remember the early days well: the intensity of those primeval wine sensations; the excitement of new discoveries; the per...

100% Yes, I would recommend Tastewine, this is my good friend, Cherise page, she knows her wines!

Simone

What a wonderful afternoon learning a whole lot about wines! Cherise certainly knows her stuff and she even had me enjoying Chardonnay once I was educated about food matching! Thanks for a fun experience!

Renay

Some colleagues and I had a fantastic afternoon with Cherise tasting some delicious wines, and learning how to pair them particular foods. Before I considered myself a bit of a 'sav blanc' girl, but after our tasting I'm keen to expand my wine repertoire. I never knew blue cheese could taste so good with a glass of chardonnay! Cherise knows her stuff, and is enthusiastic to share her knowledge with others in a fun and friendly manner. We loved it!

Shae

Cherise has great knowledge of wine from all over the world. Along with a gorgeous personality she makes the ideal host for a fun wine tasting experience.

Fiona