Testimonials

Some feedback from our clients...

I cannot thank ThirtyFifty enough for coming to the rescue at such short notice.  Alex was not only informative but took great consideration in what our event had been that day and also the various countries that my visitors had come from, he included wines from their countries and combined them with what the guests had been learning throughout the day which was a great way to test their skills.  The evening was relaxed and fun at the same time and everyone said it was a perfect end to a great day. Rosemary, Unilever

Yes, everything went very well indeed!   Each segment was timed perfectly to keep everyone’s attention and people really did enjoy themselves.  Special thanks to Chris the wine expert, that was our favourite activity and he pitched it at just the right level. Antonia, Pernod Ricard

Everything went very smoothly last week and the umpires enjoyed themselves. As expected Paul stole the show and Chris was able to bring the best out of them at the right times. Here's to the next time!! Chris, England & Wales Cricket Board

The evening was great, and Alex was brilliant - we couldn't have asked for a better wine guide! He really knew his stuff and was more than prepared to bring the wines to life and share his enthusiasm with us. Jackie, Sponsorship Consulting

A great big thank you to Chris for his seamless organising and to Sara our knowledgeable and friendly host on the evening.  We thoroughly enjoyed the English Wine Tasting Session and the Quiz was a great success. Jennifer, AXA UK – IT Sourcing & Supplier Management Team

Just thought I'd give you some feedback on last night's wine tasting.  Reports coming back are all very positive and an enjoyable evening was had by all.  Please pass on our thanks for Alex for making the evening enjoyable. Cathryn, Grosvenor

Well last night was very enjoyable, we had a fantastic time and Alex was brilliant. Don’t even have a head ache this morning which proves he did his job brilliantly! Melanie, LGA London

Please pass on our thanks to Chris for his hard work last Friday night.  The wine tasting was particularly well received and I know that although a large amount of wine had already been consumed our guests really enjoyed themselves! Diane, Motivaction

The wine tasting was fabulous! We had a terrific time.  It was the perfect amount of education and fun combined. Sara (Sept 09, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

Everyone had a great time & Alex was a fabulous host. He tailored the tasting session to our needs & we really appreciated the fact that he did demystify the wine tasting experience and was happy to answer all our questions as he went along.  I've asked all my friends what they thought and the general consensus is that they all learnt something new from Alex, found his pace well timed & the session to be very entertaining.  Thanks very much for the smooth & hassle free arrangements. Will spread the word about ThirtyFifty. Anna (Sept 09 Hen Party Wine Tasting)

Fantastic day, great fun and brilliantly informative even if i did miss the last bits due to fits of giggles!!! Many many thanks for helping to make my Hen day such a success. Emma (Sept 08 Hen Party Wine Tasting)

We had an excellent evening of wine tasting.  It was very informative and Julia was enthusiastic and ran it extremely well, not least coordinating 10 blokes to keep on track, not easy! We also appreciated the flex to have more red wines, which went down well James (Sept 08, Introductory Tasting)

It went very well thank you, much enjoyed by all (even those still will slightly sore heads from the night before!). Camilla was very good and it was a fun and relaxed event, which I have already recommended to a couple of colleagues. Charlotte (Sep 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

I just wanted to say thank you very much for Saturday, we had a great time and my sister really enjoyed the day, it all went perfectly! Miranda (Sept 08, Hen Party Chocolate & Wine Tasting)

Robert was an excellent host - we were a noisy group of hens but he wasn't phased and took to the tone of the group really well - lots of fun but lots of information too - he answered dozens of questions for us! A nice varied selection of wines too. We'll all be recommending you to friends. Laura (Aug 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

Had a great time ! Thought it was very well organised and you pitched it just right. I will recommend you to friends and colleagues. Gill (Aug 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

I just wanted to pass on my thanks to Charles who conducted the wine tasting for my Hen Do last night!!! We all had a wonderful time & learnt alot!!! thanks very much! Emma (Aug 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

Saturday was a good success thank you. Very enjoyable.I thought that Charles did a particularly good job and the Groom said he wanted to do it all over again on Sunday! John (Aug 08, Stag Wine Tasting)

Saturday was a huge success and everyone really enjoyed it.  Julia was really good and would recommend her and ThirtyFifty to friends.  The afternoon ran really smoothly, and we all learnt something as well as drinking some nice wines. Lisa (Aug 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

The wine tasting went well on Saturday, Charles did a great job and there was a good quantity of wine per person! I'll recommend it to others! Rebecca (Aug 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

The wine tasting was really fun and everyone had a great time thank you.  We all thought Robert was absolutely fantastic so please pass on our thanks to him for helping to make it a special day! Rachel (Aug 08 Hen Party Wine Tasting)

I just wanted to email to thank ThirtyFifty for an excellent wine tasting on Saturday evening.  It was well organised and everyone really enjoyed the experience.  Camilla was really fun and friendly, as well as informative.  The games and quizzes were great fun and always good for my competitive friends!  And of course the wines were all delicious! Jennifer (Aug 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

The wine tasting was a great success and Julia was fantastic.  Some of my friends have taken part in wine tasting in the past but all agreed that they learnt the most during this session and it was fun aswell! Thanks for organising it and to Julia for being so friendly and knowledgeable.
Joanna (Aug 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

The wine tasting was fantastic.  Everyone had a brilliant time.  Eric was very informative and loads of fun.  The wines were good too, there was something for everyone and I was really impressed with the red wines we tried, there were wines I'd never have thought of buying before but will certainly be looking out for in the future. Emily (Aug 08 Hen Party Wine Tasting)

The hens party last weekend went really well, Alex was great and everybody commented how much they enjoyed it. He was very professional, and put up with lots of giggling and shouting women, and still managed to teach us something, which is an accomplishment! It was a great night. Brenda (Aug 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

I just wanted to say thank you for the chocolate & wine tasting on Saturday. Everyone had a great time and really enjoyed the afternoon. Laura (Aug 08, Hen Party Chocolate & Wine Tasting)

Everyone had a fabulous time with the wine-tasting and I am very grateful to Robert as he was extremely accommodating. Not only was it great fun, we also learnt some interesting things too. Jess (July 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

The wine tasting went very well on Saturday, thank you.  Everyone really enjoyed themselves and liked the fact that it was a bit different to what they normally do on a Hen Party. Chris was lively and energetic which helped and I think that it was pitched just right for a Hen Party crowd. Pamela (July 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

Yes all went really well thanks and we really enjoyed the wine tasting and it was a great start to the hen do -  we were really impressed with Alex. Charlotte Street Hotel was a really good venue for it too. I'll certainly recommend you to any friends in the future as we were really impressed with the wine tasting. Mairi (July 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

We had a great time so thanks very much and I will certainly be telling others about the fun afternoon we had. Beth (July 08, Hen Party Champagne Tasting)
 
Alex, I should like to thank you for the wine tasting which you ran last night at Cherrywood. Everyone said how much they enjoyed the evening.   Your presentation was excellent and we all learned a lot. Tony (July 08, New World Wine Tasting)

Jane, I just wanted to write to say thank you so very much for attending my friend Becky's hen do as such short notice....we had such a fantastic time on the day and much of this was down to the wine tasting event. I would definitely recommend you to others... Caroline (July 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

The wine tasting was excellent - everyone really enjoyed it. There was brilliant feedback from everyone who came and Julia was just great. She really held the room well (the crowd were very animated at times and asked her a lot of questions!) and as I said to her, she was the perfect personality to get their attention as she had a great sense of humour. So in short, it was a resounding success! Sara (July 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

Yes we all had a great time at our wine tasting on Saturday. Julia was very informative and made an excellent presentation. Everyone really enjoyed all the wine on offer and as it all went by the end of the evening I guess it impressed us all! Thanks again for a great evening. Alex (July 08, Introductory tasting)

Just wanted to say what a fantastic evening we all had with a perfect mixture of knowledge and fun, the quiz proving very popular. We all learnt  a few things we didn't know, the pace was perfect and Charles had a good command of the audience, even after they had tasted their 1st 4 wines. Great fun! Sandi (July 08, Alwyn & Courthouse PTA Wine Tasting)

The wine tasting was absolutely superb. We all had a fantastic time. Alex made the evening great fun, and I'm proud to still remember quite a bit of my champagne learning! Together with the lovely butler in the buff we had, it was the highlight of the hen weekend. Have already recommended you to friends! Louise (July 08, Champagne Tasting)

I must say we all thought Erik was fantastic! He involved everyone (learnt all our names within the first hour!), was entertaining and answered all of our queries. It was perfectly tailored for a hen do, but equally we though he would be fantastic for more corporate events. None of us had anything but praise for him, and the tasting. Thank you also for all your help - the night was a great success. Laura (July 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

Just to say thank you very much to Sara and the team, we had a fab time and it worked really well with the Butlers in the Buff too. Beth (July 08, Hen Party Wine Tasting)

Charles, many thanks for the beer tasting. It was great, everyone really enjoyed it!  I think it was the perfect way to spend the afternoon!! In fact so much that already i have been asked your details by one of those attending, who is organising another stag, i have sent him your details! James (June 08, Beer Tasting)

Thank you so much for the great tasting on Saturday night - all the girls really enjoyed themselves so thank you! I will of course keep you in mind for the various hen's I have in the future and will recommend you at every occasion. Sarah (June 08, Hen Party Chocolate & Wine Tasting)

Chris, Thanks so much for the wine tasting.  We all really enjoyed it and I think you pitched it wonderfully so that those of us who know next to nothing could learn a lot and those who already knew a bit learnt more and got the chance to show off!  Nicky (June 08)

I just wanted to say thanks so much for such a fantastic tasting last weekend. It was absolutely brilliant - the ideal blend of fun and informative. Alex really got that all spot on (as we told him), and was the perfect person to have in charge. We were so fortunate with the weather as well so were able to enjoy all of it in the sunshine. I'll definitely be recommending your services - in fact, I think, one friend on the hen do has already asked. Eve (June 08)

Please pass on our thanks to Julia for the wine tasting, we all had a great time and the event was very enjoyable, the Bride really enjoyed herself and really made her weekend special. Eleanor (June 08)

Good Morning Jane, Wow, what a night!!  Thank you so much, we all had a fantastic time, definitely exceeded my expectation.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and were extremely impressed. A great big thank you to Charles he did a marvellous job and Kelly was terrific also.  Nicole Jacobs, Penna (June 08)

I would like to thank you for a fantastic wine tasting evening.  It was enjoyed by everyone and is certainly an event that I will recommend to other units within EC Harris - I'm also recommending it to friends!  Charles was a fantastic host and I learnt a great deal about wine. Nikki Collins, EC Harris (June 08)

Thank you so much for organizing the wine tasting. Alex was great and all our guest enjoyed themselves thoroughly. We were really impressed with him and we all learnt a few things we took take back with us. Kalpa Marchese, Microsoft (May 08)

Charles, Thank you very much for a successful evening, everyone was pleased and happy with the event. You perfectly understood our needs and expectations and the Beer Tasting gave a nice structure to the evening but it wasn’t too formal and people were able to network easily. Nathalie Hayoz, ACSN (May 08)

Thank you Chris for a very successful wine-tasting at our Team meeting at N. Mymms. Everyone really enjoyed it and I shall ensure your details are passed on to my colleagues. Maggie Lewis, GSK (May 08)

I only had a chance to have a quick chat to my boss about the wine tasting, but he said it went very well and Chris was great.  They managed to stay up until 4am the next morning after the wine tasting so I would say it was a great success :-) Loryn Liddiard, Telereal (May 08)

Hi Jane, Everything was fantastic.  Benjamin was a really good host and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks again. Danielle (May 08)

Jane and Sara, Just wanted to thank you both again for the wine tasting event.  We all had a great time and it was a great start to our evening! Sara - we all enjoyed your company and learnt a lot! You pitched at just the right level! Many thanks. I will have no hesitation in recommending the whole Thirty Fifty experience! Lauren (May 08)

The wine tasting was perfect I have been meaning to email to say thank you but have been swamped. Everyone loved it, it was a great success and Robert was brilliant! Thanks so much for all your help. Sarah (May 08)

Charles, thanks again for a really fantastic afternoon; you did a great job and we really appreciated you making it so much fun. We'll definitely be recommending ThirtyFifty. Sara (May 08)

alex, thanks so much for the great job you did on Saturday.  Everyone said what a brilliant time they had...so thanks!  I will definitely be recommending you to anyone who needs a wine tasting... Sam (May 08)

I'd like to thank both Charles and yourself for helping us all to have such a good time on Wednesday.  There were a few who weren't sure quite what to expect at first but everybody has since emailed or texted me to say how much they enjoyed it.  Thank you once again for a great night. James (May 08)

We had a wonderful evening and Sara was a great wine 'host' - she just seemed to pitch things at the right level for us and all our friends thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The wines were a great variety and very 'drinkable'. Thanks for organising the event for us and please pass on our thanks to Sara - we were very impressed. Jill (Apr 08)

We all had a great time and Erik was both very informative and entertaining! I was happy as I won the quiz too! Thanks for your help. Ruth (Apr 08)

We had such a fantastic time on Saturday. Julia was a fantastic host. The Hen was raving about how much she enjoyed it too. I am happy to answer any particular questions you might have. But on the whole it was brilliant! Fleur (Apr 08)

Hi there! We had a fantastic time! Benjamin was just brilliant and so informative! It was definitely a great activity for the hen party and I know the time he spent with us was very much appreciated! The choices of wine were perfect and I don't think much was left over at the end! Huge thanks to all of you for making the weekend a special one. I shall definitely think of you when it comes to the next planning of events! Lucy (Apr 08)

Chris, I would like to thank you again for giving us such a great evening.  It was well run, very entertaining, lively and we would probably, most definitely like to do it again next year. Everyone I have had feedback from so far has said that they really enjoyed themselves, that it was "different" and well organised.  Stephen, the Sub Dean, was extremely impressed and was above all and most importantly, delighted, that people had fun. Anna (Apr 08)

Jane, I would like to thank you for a brilliant wine tasting evening on Saturday. We all had a brilliant time and really enjoyed ourselves. We will definitely be recommending you to other friends. Thanks again for making my sisters Hen Do an evening to remember. Liz (Apr 08)

I'm delighted to say that we have a great time at our wine tasting event on 5th April.  Robert arrived in good time and set everything up for us, which made it all seem very easy to host in the apartment.  We all felt we learnt something new about wine and really enjoyed finding the super-tasters in the group!  The blind tasting also introduced a nice element of competition to the afternoon, although some of us did better than others! So many thanks to you and Robert for your help with planning the event, and especially to Robert for making it such a relaxing and enjoyable afternoon.  Tracy (Apr 08)

Hi Chris and Jane, Just a quick note to say a huge thank you for helping at the Big Event on Saturday. Everybody has been saying how well it went - and how much they enjoyed the wine tasting. Mike, Holy Trinity (Apr 08)

Everyone had a really good time at the wine tasting - I have had a lot of compliments and suspect there may be some repeat bookings! I would definitely recommend you in the future. Emily (Apr 08)

Just to let you know that the tasting on Saturday was fantastic!  It was a real success and everyone enjoyed it (especially the bride-to-be!).  Alex was great and got everyone involved (and coped amazingly well with a bunch of very noisy girls!!).  Kirsten (Mar 08)

Erik, I just wanted to say massive THANK YOU for the wine tasting session you did for us last weekend - Laura and all our hens had a fantastic time. I've already been trying to pass on my newly gained wisdom to the rest of my family! Tessa (Mar 08)

A fabulous night and Robert was fantastic - thank you very much for everything! Sarah (Mar 08)

Jane, thanks for a fab evening, we all really enjoyed it - think you can tell that from all the smiley faces! We had great fun and learnt a lot. Jean (Mar 08)

Charles, Just wanted to say a big thank you to you and your team for a great event last night, it all went really well and we've had a fantastic response from all of the staff.  Everything seemed to run very smoothly and it was a pleasure working with you. Thanks again for all you help and I hope we'll be able to team up again in the future. Emma Parkin, IPC Media (Feb 08)

Charles, thank you so much, we all really enjoyed ourselves. I have been receiving complimentary comments all week from our friends as they all really enjoyed the evening and they said they all learnt something yet it was fun at the same time. So thank you very much, you pitched it just right! We enjoyed the wine, everyone particularly loved that Australian red. Nicky (Feb 08)

Thanks very much for our Wine Tasting on Saturday, David and I really enjoyed it and think all our friends did too.  I certainly learnt a lot and thank you for making it so relaxed and fun. Bridget (Feb 08)

The wine tasting was fantastic!  We all had a great night!  Alex was fab really informative but still keeping it fun! Amy (Jan 08)

Thank you to everyone involved for what was an absolutely terrific night very much enjoyed by all! Meryl Gentle, Aspire Defence (Jan 08)

I would just like to thank you for a fantastic evening at Prism. Charles was very professional and all our guests were impressed with the quality of the wines and his knowledge on them! I look forward to working with you again in the future. Claudia Olver, Bank of New York (Jan 08)

I thought the tasting went very well. Everyone enjoyed it and learnt a few things. The selection of wine and beers was very good - they were all different and tasted good. David Broomhall, Fagerhult (Dec 07)

I would like to thank you for providing a great evening of wine tasting at our corporate event this week. All our guests enjoyed themselves and I think it broke the ice. Bernadette Ward, Napp Pharmaceuticals (Dec 07)

The wine tasting was awesome - really good fun and just the right tone. I am sure we will be requesting similar shenanigans in the future. Charlie (Dec 07)

The team event that Chris ran for us was not only educational, informative but real fun too. The whole team were involved and it appealed to everyone. Its always difficult choosing a corporate event because people are so different in what they like and dislike! All comments received back from the team were very positive. Thank you so much. Rachel, AAH Pharmaceuticals (Nov 07)

The wine tasting was a great success. Everyone really enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun. Sara was great too - very easy-going and informative. I would definitely recommend ThirtyFifty to friends and family. Samantha (Nov 07)

The wine tasting was great - really kicked the weekend off how I wanted, as an ice breaker for the group of hens who didn't all know each other and a bit of education to boot! Robert was very efficient, patient and knowledgeable. Sandra (Nov 07)

I just want to say thank you so much for the wine tasting event you organised for us earlier this week.  Charles was our delectable host, his knowledge and enthusiasm for all things wine related was amazing.  We all now feel as if we are wine tasting specialists!  Dianne Guy, Edenbrook (Oct 07)

On behalf of the Bank of America Corporate Events team, I wanted to let you know that our tasting yesterday was fabulous. Alex was an excellent and knowledgeable instructor (not to mention a lot of fun!). Katy Cooney, Bank of America (Oct 07)

Thank you so much for the absolutely wonderful Champagne Tasting evening you hosted for my friends' hen party.  The champagne selection was fantastic, your presentations were fun & informative & everyone had a really fantastic evening! Belinda (Oct 07)

Hi Alex, Thank you very much for last night, we all had a fantastic time and learnt a bit too - who would believe Italy produced the most wine! Five out of five! Emily (Oct 07)

All went really well on Saturday.  Charles was brilliant - he pitched the evening just right with a good balance of information and fun stuff.  He really listened to what I wanted him to do and the timing was great as well.  Everyone said how much they enjoyed themselves. Jessica (Oct 07)

The wine tasting was great and Julia was a great host. Thanks for everything, I will certainly recommend thrityfifty to my friends. Erica (Oct 07)

Thanks for a great night, all the hens really enjoyed themselves and Erik was excellent! I just hope he didn't find us all too rowdy as it did get rather loud towards the end! I would definitely recommend your company to my friends. Jo (Oct 07)

Just wanted to say thank a BIG thank you to Chris and the team for putting on a brilliant event. It was a great success and everybody enjoyed themselves very much. We had a big turn out and we went through all the wine! Hester Pickard, Logicalis (Sept 07)

Good Morning. I've just heard from my guys. They loved the wine tasting - thank you so much it was the highlight of the Cliveden experience! Simone Hogan, UBS (Sept 07)

We had a jolly good evening on 29th September with Robert. We all had a good time and it was an interesting evening learning about the wines.  Some of us were better than others at knowing which wines were which but it was a fun evening so thank you very much - we shall certainly bear you in mind for another time. Rachel (Sept 07)

The wine tasting was great fun and enjoyed by all - please pass on my thanks.
Will definitely recommend you to anyone else who is looking to do a similar event! Sally (Sept 07)

In brief summary we thought it was fab! It was very interesting and pitched at just the right level with the right balance between lecturing/lessons and interaction/quizzes etc. Erik was great - very informative, prepared to answer the wide variety of questions we threw at him and with a great sense of humour! It exceeded the expectations of many of the girls and all commented on how much they enjoyed it. Jessica (Oct 07)

The wine tasting was great fun and enjoyed by all - please pass on my thanks.
Will definitely recommend you to anyone else who is looking to do a similar event! Sally (Sept 07)

The wine tasting was fantastic - everyone loved it! You were really good at explaining things and made the whole evening fun but informative. The selection of wines and champagne was excellent as well, so much so I think we've all been on your website already! Ruth (Sept 07)

Just wanted to pass on our thanks again to Alex for a great evening on Saturday night.  He got the level and the atmosphere just right and everyone had a really good time.  I'm sure we'd be interested in another tasting, maybe next year sometime but would definitely recommend ThirtyFifty on the basis of Saturday night's experience.  Helen (Sept 07)

I just wanted to send you a quick email to say the wine tasting was fantastic on Saturday night at my hen party. We were all very impressed with how you remained professional and entertaining throughout, despite having 18 slightly tipsy hens to deal with!!! Kate (Sept 07)

The wine tasting was great - we all thoroughly enjoyed it and Charles was brilliant. Emma (Sept 07)

Just wanted to say thank so much again for a terrific night on Thursday. The feedback from the girls here has been really fantastic. The champagne was great, and the food really yummy - well done on putting together such a tasty spread. It really made for a complete evening. We will all certainly be recommending you guys! Treasa Meegan, Marakon Associates (December 06)

I'd just like to say a quick thank you to Alex for Saturday night. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it and Alex was more than accommodating to quite a rowdy crowd! Will definitely be recommending ThirtyFifty to my friends. Liz (December 06)

The tasting session was great and hit the spot with everyone! David Hayde, Olympic Delivery Authority (November 06)

An outstanding wine tasting session – Charles was a very engaging and knowledgeable host. BP (November 06)

Many thanks for an excellent evening last week. The feedback has been very positive from all the guests who attended. Hope you drum up some more business from the event! Tom Tabrah, Deloitte (November 06)

Thanks for the wine tasting on Saturday - everyone enjoyed it and we want to do it again!! Sara was brilliant & you have been very helpful, we are recommending you & I think a couple of our guests will re-book! Janet & Damien (November 06)

Hi Jane, It was great to meet you on Saturday - we all so enjoyed the afternoon (and even tried a few tastings on the night with some good bottles of Sancerre in Cheltenham!) It was a great event and the afternoon spent with you was certainly a highlight - thank you! What a great idea - such fun! We will all spread the word and hopefully one day be able to do it all again!! Charlotte (November 06)

Thanks again for the wine tasting - our group really enjoyed it, and it was a great activity for our hen party. I have already been asked to email your details out to some of the group, so I think that is the best evidence of how much everyone enjoyed it. Fiona (November 06)

Everyone was very impressed with the wine tasting event! Thanks for all your help and please also thank Erik! Claire Wright, Siemens (October 06)

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for such a lovely afternoon of wine and cheese tasting! everyone commented on your delightful, friendly personality and professionalism hosting the event. Your wine and cheese selection were superb and I will definitely recommend your company to fellow employee's & friends. Siobhan Skinner, Deloitte (September 06)

Robert was really great and we all had a fab evening, I even bought myself a crate of red! Robert was friendly, knowledgeable and easy to get along with. He made the evening most enjoyable and my rowdy mates even behaved which I think he was rather disappointed about! Many thanks for a top evening! Linda (September 06)

I just wanted to send a quick note to say thanks very much for our wine tasting on Saturday. We all really enjoyed it and Erik did a brilliant job of being both informative and entertaining. It was definitely a high point of the hen weekend! Kerry (August 06)

Dear Jane, Thank you so much for a fabulous time on Saturday.  We all thoroughly enjoyed it - your obvious expertise made it a really interesting wine tasting and I like the way you injected fun into the proceedings. Eleanor (August 06)

Just wanted to say a big thankyou to Charles for giving us a fantastic Hen Wine Tasting. Everyone had a great time and Charles got all got involed. Will definitely be recommending ThirtyFifty to friends. Tracie (August 06)

I'm just writing to thank ThirtyFifty and specifically Robert Hudson for an excellent and highly entertaining wine tasting afternoon in Bath on Saturday. Everyone who attended felt that it was probably the best tasting they had ever attended. Robert was very informative and happily tackled our questions, he got everyone involved, and as a number of the girls had not met before, really helped us to break the ice. Kate (July 06)

I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for Saturday night.  My friends, sisters and I all thoroughly enjoyed your company and the whole wine tasting experience.  I'm still feeling proud of myself for getting Sauvignon Blanc and Rioja right blindfolded (thanks for selecting two very distinctive wines!!).  Diana (July 06)

I just thought I would write you a quick email to say what a PERFECT day we had on Saturday. Sophie was absolutely spot-on, pitching it ot totally the right level, being fun but informative. We really couldn't have hoped for more and had a great time. Nicola (July 06)

A big thanks has to go the Charles who was a star and pitched the wine tasting perfectly for our party. Nothing was too much trouble and he made sure that we all, but in particular the hen, enjoyed ourselves. I especially liked the impromptu karaoke which was a great surprise. I must also say some of the wines we tasted were divine and no doubt there will be a few orders placed! Alison (June 06)

I just wanted to say thank you very much for hosting the wine tasting for my hen party on Saturday. Everyone thought it was marvellous! It was just the right mix of information and fun, and will happily recommend you. Vicky (May 06)

Thanks again Jane for a fabulous evening. Everyone really enjoyed themselves and I have told them all to spread the word! Andrea (May 06)

Please pass on our thanks to Erik for the excellent wine tasting session last night to round off our management team meeting. He made it fun and informative with his approachable style and stayed onto dinner at the team's request to answer more probing questions and chat about wine. Faithful & Gould (May 06)

I have now attended three ThirtyFifty wine tastings, and I just wanted to write a note to say a big thank you to Charles for making them all a brilliant session. You catered for the different groups brilliantly (from an informal evening with friends, to a more formal environment in our client dining rooms) and made each session equally entertaining and informative. Claire, Accenture (May 06)

ThirtyFifty did an outstanding job in entertaining us with their interactive wine tasting show. Our main objective was to have fun - our umpires don't get together very often but when they do we want to ensure they have a good time. Chris and Paul were brilliant at keeping them entertained through the course of the evening. I'd highly recommend ThirtyFifty and the show - I've never seen anything like it before. Chris Kelly, England & Wales Cricket Board (April 06)

Charles - just a message to say thanks for the beer tasting - it made for a unique and fantastically enjoyable stag activity and everyone remarked afterwards that they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Many of the stag group hadn't met before and it is thanks to the beer tasting that they were all soon joking and laughing together. Sorry if you found us occasionally baffling - beer mixed with our diverse senses of humour can make for a heady brew! Rory (March 06)

A quick note to say thanks so much for a fantastic wine tasting on Saturday - we had a great time and it really made the whole hen weekend very special and memorable. All my friends have been saying how much they enjoyed it, but that they can't remember enough! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend you and hope to find an excuse to book you again one day very soon - thanks again, you couldn't have been more helpful or made it more enjoyable and fun. Henrietta (January 06)

Dear Charles! There is not an awful lot that I can say other than: Fantastic! You were the absolute star of the evening! With your fun, interesting and most entertaining show you did create an electric atmosphere which people felt comfortable in and gave ease to introductions that might not have been possible otherwise. I had a lot of enthused comments about you and I assure you - you will be remembered. And, as I said already, I shall of course bear you closely in mind for any other occasion. Thank you SO much for everything! Dreamspace (October 05)

Thanks for the wine tasting we all had a fabulous time everyone was really pleased we had done it. It was also very informative even though we were all a little tipsy after it. The wines were great and really enjoyed it. Thanks again will definitely keep you guys in mind if I want to arrange it again. Thanks so much. Great cure from the night before!!!! Sam (August 05)

Chris, Thank you for a great event last night. I think it went very well - everyone seemed to really enjoy it. The wines were delicious and I thought it was good fun. Edel (May 05)

Just to say many thanks indeed for your time and knowledge on Saturday - everyone really enjoyed the tasting, and it was a great start to the evening. Jenni (May 05)

Hi Chris, The wine tasting evening went extremely well. Julie and her assistant were both great and a good time was had by all. Just wish I could remember more of the wisdom that was imparted! I blame the wine. Thanks for your help with the organisation. Event and venue were both fantastic. Deloitte (April 05)

The evening was a tremendous success - everybody had a great time. ThirtyFifty I thought did a fine job - really hit the right note to get the evening going. Paul and Chris were both excellent - everybody had fun. Many thanks for everything. Hutchison 3G (April 05)

Dear Chris, I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thanks for a great lunch time champagne tasting. Charles was fabulous and as we got louder he adapted his style and delivery perfectly. We had great fun with the quiz and all got very competitive and enjoyed tasting and learning about the Champagnes you brought along. I have had lots of good feedback on the session and I hope that we can use you again for another event. Rowan Link, Yahoo Europe (February 05)

Thanks once again for another fantastic evening. It really was brilliant - we've had nothing but the usual endless praise for your talents. Have a happy christmas and enjoy your holiday! Beth, Trinity Hospice (December 04)

hi, just a quick email to say thanks for helping us host a great party on saturday night. everyone really enjoyed themselves and said what a good idea it was; however, we don't remember much and might have to do it again!! sorry if we were rowdy and it made your job more difficult, but i'm sure you're
used to that! cheers! amelia and bella xx (November 04)

Dear Chris and Jane, Thanks so much for the excellent, very entertaining wine tasting on Saturday. Feedback from the five billion people we had in the house was all very positive, and I know some are keen to have wine-tastings themselves. Apologies for throwing you in the deep end with the two extra wines - a good test of your skills and you came up trumps. Thanks again, you guys are guaranteed a lot of very favorable word of mouth marketing from everyone who was there. Transport for London (November 04)

Dear Chris, I would just like to thank you and Charles for helping to make my hen party last weekend a success. Everybody had a great deal of fun during the winetasting - Charles was spot on, with an informal but informative, friendly and charismatic style. It got the party off to a great start and I would certainly like to organise another such event in the future. So please pass thanks to Charles from a hen who is now... rather tired. Jane (September 04)

Thank you for the wine tasting you provided on 7th September. The feedback from the evening was very good so I hope we may be able to use you again. Standard Life (September 04)

Just a quick note to thank you for your time, assistance and professionalism with reference to the Director's Wine Tasting evening. I can advise the directors enjoyed themselves immensely and I received very positive feedback in terms of the venue, the staff and the wine tasting experience courtesy of Chris, although there were requests for strong black coffee the next morning!!! F&G will definitely consider hosting a similar event, hopefully on a larger scale in the near future. Faithful & Gould (May 04)

Just a quick note to say thank you so much for the lovely party you did for us last weekend. Everyone who came thoroughly enjoyed it, as did we and hope to re-book with you again. We particularly enjoyed the relaxed but informative chat you gave us. Jenny (March 03)

Thank you so much for your help with my cheese & wine evening. The wines you supplied were very interesting and having a recommended list of cheese to go with the wine meant we could really appreciate how much better wine and cheese tastes if carefully selected to go together. Everybody really enjoyed themselves with the cheese and wine supplying a focal point to the party. Cate (March 03)

ThirtyFifty conducted a wine tasting evening at my house for 26 guests. The evening was thoroughly entertaining and education and they showed a good knowledge of the wines sampled. The wines were of excellent quality and many were inexpensive. This has to be the ultimate in try before you buy. Gavin (March 03)

Following our recent wine tasting evening I wanted to write and tell you what an excellent evening we had. We had fantastic feedback from our friends and we all have much more of an insight into the wines we are most likely to appreciate. Thanks for your input and enthusiasm - we look forward to doing it all again. Peter & Lucy (November 02)

I found the wine tasting great fun and very educational. It's a great venture you have and I'll make sure I spread the word. Thank you for returning my preferences and the list of other wines I might like to try, I'll certainly give them a go! Katherine (November 02)