• corporate off-site meetings
• mini-conferences
• private dining experiences
• celebratory & networking receptions
• team-building experiences
• private wine education

• walk around tastings
• masterclasses
• certification classes & exams
• competitions
• educational seminars
• industry talks, panels and demos
• mini conferences

THE perfect foundational class for wine lovers of all experience levels! You and your guests will have a blast learning professional blind wine tasting techniques at San Francisco Wine School! Let one of our industry leading instructors teach you how to talk about wine using a common language and identify varietals, region, and age based on sight, smell and taste alone. Discover what characteristics you like and don’t and become a more savvy consumer. Once you’ve got the hang of the techniques, test your new skills with a friendly competition if time allows. Add some welcome bubbles and bites or stay for a private dining experience after your event. This makes a fantastic social event or team building exercise and will surely be a hit with your group!

Learn about what it takes to make a great blend in this fun and competitive team setting! Your group will explore 4 different varietals, how they interact together when combined, and how to read and create a wine label. Then we’ll set them loose to create their own custom blends, name their wines, design their own labels and even create and perform their own commercials when time allows. Judging can be done by your instructor or by panel. Awards may be given for Best Blend, Best Label, and Best Commercial. Teams can enjoy the rest of the wine after class for happy hour as they share their team experiences with each other - a great time to add in some hors d'oeuvres.

In 1976, Steven Spurrier's world famous Judgment of Paris brought California into the forefront of the wine scene when a 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay and 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon won the blind French competition. In this fun and engaging tasting, our instructors will guide guests through a series of wine flights comparing the same varietals from California & France noticing differences in fruit, earth, wood & other aromas as well as other differentiating characteristics such as sugar, acid, tannin & alcohol. Blind tasting techniques will be discussed throughout the session and your group will have a blast judging which wine is which. Kick your event off right with some bubbles and bites when you arrive or stay for a private dining experience after your event. This makes a fantastic social event or team building exercise and will surely be a hit with your group!

This theme can easily adapted to feature any regions. Italy vs Spain? California vs Oregon? You name it!

Not all Napa Cabernet is the same! With this Napa Elevations Edu-tasting, our instructors will provide you with an in-depth tour and guided tasting of the world-famous Napa Valley, exploring the diversity of soils, exposures, and elevations that contribute to the wide diversity of wine styles in this region. Your guests will love the guided blind tasting of four carefully selected Cabernets of similar vintage and blend from four different elevations and sub-AVAs of the valley. With this eye opening experience, you'll begin to decode the impact that elevation and other factors can have on the finished wine!

Do you buy wines by the numbers? With all of the information available at our fingertips these days, many people do! Have you ever stopped to think about how those ratings are actually determined and what they really say about the wine in the bottle? In this eye opening discussion, we'll explain the methodologies and differences in today’s wine awards, rating systems, and competing critics' palates and styles. Then you'll taste highly rated wine against low/no rating wine. Can you tell the difference? Which wine do YOU like best? Is it the same as your fellow guests? How aligned is your palate with the critics and how might your future wine selection habits change as a result?

Any of our individual classes can be conducted privately for your group and customized for your preferences. Choose from Wine 101, Food Pairing Lab, Champagne, Natural Wines, or a favorite region, or select your own topic and let Master Sommelier David Glancy create a one of a kind event for YOU!

Custom curated wine flights selected by Master Sommelier David Glancy and hosted by one of San Francisco Wine School’s industry leading instructors who will guide your guests through the stories behind each wine selected including producer history, wine characteristics, regional influences, climate, soils and primary grape profiles. Select your own theme or let us suggest one for you. This is a great way to kickoff a seated educational or private dining experience. This theme can be easily adapted for guests who prefer beer, sake, and non-alcoholic beverages!

Find your perfect bite! Enjoy custom curated food & wine pairings selected by Master Sommelier David Glancy and prepared by our Resident Chef or your own caterer. Your event will be hosted by one of San Francisco Wine School’s industry leading instructors who will guide your guests through an engaging food & wine pairing experience as your guests explore several bites and sips discussing the unique wine and food combinations and why they work together.

Select your own theme or let us suggest one for you. This is a great way to kickoff a seated educational or private dining experience. This theme can be easily adapted for guests who prefer beer, sake, and non-alcoholic beverages!

Enjoy the beautiful views of South San Francisco's City Hall, the San Bruno Mountains and the San Francisco Bay from your own top floor private room where one of San Francisco Wine School’s industry leading instructors will be dedicated to your service. They'll edu-tain your guests through an engaging private dining experience prepared by our Resident Chef or the caterer of your choice and Master Sommelier David Glancy.

You'll explore and savor a flight of distinctly different wines designed to illuminate food and wine pairing theory as you mix and match the combinations throughout your meal. Discover your perfect bite and those of your peers as you enjoy lively discussions throughout this special evening and take home new knowledge and an appreciation for food and wine "playing.”

This theme can be easily adapted for guests who prefer beer, sake, and non-alcoholic beverages!

Let one of San Francisco Wine School’s industry-leading instructors guide your guests through a private dining experience you'll never forget! Enjoy a multi-course tasting menu prepared by our Resident Chef or the caterer of your choice with pairings designed by Master Sommelier David Glancy.

He’ll select two wines for each course designed to compare and contrast with the flavor components of each dish and illuminate various aspects of food & wine pairing theory.

You may select your theme of California vs France, Northern vs Southern Italy, Spain vs Portugal, Red vs White, or dream up your own! Which pairing will be the crowd favorite?

This theme can be easily adapted for guests who prefer beer, sake, and non-alcoholic beverages!