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ThirtyFifty's evening sessions are fun and interactive giving you essential tips and tricks for getting the most out of wine. Our popular Introduction to Wine Tasting evenings are £45 per person.
To book a place, select the date you wish to attend below to purchase tickets and we will email you a voucher to confirm your booking.
Date | Tasting | Location | Availability | Price |
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Friday 3 Oct 2025 | Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting Evening | SE1 8YP | 4 places left | £49 |
Friday 10 Oct 2025 | Introduction to Wine Tasting Evening | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Friday 23 Jan 2026 | Introduction to Wine Tasting Evening | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Friday 27 Feb 2026 | Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting Evening | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Friday 27 Mar 2026 | Introduction to Wine Tasting Evening | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Friday 8 May 2026 | Introduction to Wine Tasting Evening | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Friday 26 Jun 2026 | Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting Evening | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Date | Tasting | Location | Availability | Price |
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Friday 17 Oct 2025 | Introduction to Wine Tasting Evening | L3 4FN | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Date | Tasting | Location | Availability | Price |
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Friday 10 Oct 2025 | Introduction to Wine Tasting Evening | B5 4BH | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Friday 6 Mar 2026 | Introduction to Wine Tasting Evening | B5 4BH | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Date | Tasting | Location | Availability | Price |
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Wednesday 8 Oct 2025 | Introduction to Wine Tasting Evening | CF10 3UD | PLACES AVAILABLE | £49 |
Our One Day Courses in London are a great introduction to wine tasting with still and sparkling wines from around the world and a delicious 3 course lunch. The day is £119 per person and makes a perfect gift for budding wine enthusiasts.
Our London events are hosted at Brasserie Blanc on the Southbank within easy walking distance of Waterloo station.
Date | Tasting | Location | Availability | Price |
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Saturday 11 Oct 2025 | Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting with Lunch | SE1 8YP | 4 places left | £119 |
Saturday 25 Oct 2025 | Discovery Day Wine Course & Lunch | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £119 |
Saturday 31 Jan 2026 | Discovery Day Wine Course & Lunch | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £119 |
Saturday 21 Feb 2026 | Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting with Lunch | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £119 |
Saturday 21 Mar 2026 | One Day Wine Course & Lunch | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £119 |
Saturday 20 Jun 2026 | Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting with Lunch | SE1 8YP | PLACES AVAILABLE | £119 |
We are delighted to be able to offer our One Day Wine Course combined with a weekend break, available in a number of hotels in the UK. The weekend break includes an overnight stay on Saturday night, lunch, dinner and breakfast.
When matching wines and food, in general you want to think about complementary and contrasting elements, whether it be taste, aroma, texture or colour. With dessert wines the two rules of thumb are acidity and sweetness. Dessert wines without acidity become too heavy and syrupy in the mouth. Acidity cuts through the heaviness and helps create an unctious taste in the mouth. Ideally your wine should be sweeter than the dessert. Imagine you have a wine that is less sweet than the dessert. You taste the wine first then you eat some of the dessert. All is well. However when you go back to the wine, your mouth is conditioned to the sweetness of the dessert so the wine will be too tart and not nearly as enjoyable.