Shop Tasting
On certain evenings through the year, Kernowine hosts various wine, beer, cider and spirits tastings in our Falmouth shop. Whether you’re a Rioja or Sauvignon Blanc fan, or just want an alternative to the same old, same old – why not book on to one of our classes.
The classes don’t cost too much and you’ll have a laugh informally learning about the wines of the world – and we do some food matching as well, like our sweet wine and dessert class – plus cheese matched with wine, port, Madeira and sherry nearer Christmas.
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Viña Ventisquero supplier tasting – Wednesday 29th May
On Wednesday 29 May from 6pm, we’ll be hosting a wine tasting with Chilean producer Viña Ventisquero.
The company’s UK ambassador, Lee Isaacs, will be on hand to run through eight of the company’s top bottlings.
Lee, like Del, passed his WSET Diploma in 2013 and is an accredited WSET wine educator with more than 20 years experience. He started off at Oddbins but has been training wine professionals ever since – all alongside being a stand-up comedian.
Among the wines we’ll be trying will be:
Grey Glacier Sauvignon Blanc; Grey Glacier Carménère; Grey Glacier Garnacha/Cariñena/Mataro; Heru Pinot Noir; Pangea Syrah and Obliqua Carménère.
Tickets will cost £25pp – it’ll take place between 6-7.30pm on 29 May and will include a few snacks plus the wines.
Pop into the shop to book a ticket or email del@kernowine.co.uk.
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Rosé wine tasting – June
On Monday 17th June we will be hosting a rosé wine tasting – more info to follow.
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When we’re not so busy in the shop (mainly through the winter months) we will be offering tastings at home – whether you live in Cornwall or are just visiting our lovely county for a week or two. We’ll bring the wine and some tasting glasses – you just relax and try some of our favourite wines, beers, ciders and spirits. More details to follow and get in touch for corporate tastings.
We won’t unfortunately be offering WSET courses any time soon as our application to open an APP (Approved Programme Provider) was rejected by the Wine and Spirits Education Trust, despite their being a local need in the Falmouth area for wine tuition. Del had also been on the waiting list to become a WSET wine educator for more than two years without getting on a course, so has consequently withdrawn his request to become a WSET educator. Kernowine will instead become a provider of Wine Scholar Guild courses in due course.