How it works
Proposal
When you contact us we'll take your details and respond to your brief with a written proposal. Normally this will include at least two price options for the wines.
Agree a date
If you have already set a date we'll need to check availability, otherwise we can find a mutual date or provide a choice of dates. Wednesdays and Thursdays are the busiest evenings for corporate events and need to be booked further ahead.
Number of guests
We'll need to know roughly how many guests you think will be attending in order to put a quote together. We ask that you confirm your final numbers 2 weeks prior to the event.
Venue
We can run the tasting at your offices or at any alternative venue that is happy to accommodate us - these are some venues we have used or can recommend.
Catering
We suggest canapés, nibbles or cheese & biscuits are provided plus water/light refreshments. This can be easy to arrange yourselves or we can help by recommending a caterer. We will happily liaise with your caterers on food & wine matching.
Tasting Kit
We provide wine tasting glasses, spittoons and all of the kit needed for the tasting. A qualified wine expert will host the tasting (all of our team have the Level 3 or 4 WSET qualification). Additional staff may be required to assist, depending on the number of guests, your requirements and format of wine tasting. Most events last for 2 hours but can be shorter or longer as required.
Terms & Conditions
Corporate bookings
To confirm a booking ThirtyFifty require a non-refundable deposit of 25% of the total fee, based on the estimated number of guests at the time of booking.
This deposit is required within 10 working days of a provisional booking being made.
If the number of guests increases or decreases the client shall inform ThirtyFifty of the changes and confirm final numbers no later than 10 working days before the event.
At this time (10 working days before the event) the full, outstanding payment will become due.
Should the number of guests attending the event increase ThirtyFifty will invoice the client for the additional guests after the event.
If the client cancels the tasting ThirtyFifty will charge the following cancellation fee:
If the booking is cancelled more than 10 working days before the date of the wine tasting ThirtyFifty will retain the deposit. This deposit can be used against a future tasting if re-booked within 6 months.
If the booking is cancelled within 10 working days of the wine tasting, the deposit will be retained and the outstanding balance will be required as a cancellation fee.