CORPORATE WINE EVENTS.
I design and host corporate wine tastings and wine-led events for professional services firms in London, across the UK and internationally. Elizabeth & Wine specialises in client entertaining, leadership events, International Women’s Day, office openings and end-of-year corporate celebrations. These are senior-level events designed to strengthen relationships, support business development and protect brand reputation. Events can be hosted in your office or at a carefully selected external venue, depending on the audience, objectives and level of formality required.
“One of the best team socials we’ve had. Professional, fun and so well run.”
CORPORATE WINE EVENT FORMATS
While every event is bespoke, these are the formats clients return to most often.
Wine Dinners
(From 10 guests)
Intimate, conversational corporate wine tastings hosted as seated dinners or relaxed standing events. Designed for close client relationships, journalists and deeper discussion.
Networking Events
(25–60 guests)
Standing networking events with light structure. Personal, unstaged and well suited to mixed client and journalist audiences.
Wine Safaris
(60+ guests)
A structured, roaming corporate wine format with hosted stations. Designed to create flow, energy and natural networking at scale.
Casino-Style
Wine Experience
Interactive, blind wine experiences where guests guess the price of wines (£10–£100). Fast-paced, competitive and highly engaging — ideal for conferences and end-of-day finales.
Journalist & Media Wine Events
Corporate wine events designed to support press relationships, visibility and senior stakeholder engagement. Structured to feel relaxed, conversational and non-performative.
Ropes & Gray LLP 15 Years in London
THEMES & CONCEPT
The aim is never to test wine knowledge. It is to create warmth, flow and easy conversation.
Each corporate wine event is themed to suit your audience and objectives, including:
WOMEN IN WINE
SUSTAINABILITY
& ESG
AI, TECH
& INNOVATION
SUPERMARKET
WINE
ENGLISH
WINES
HOLIDAY DISCOVERIES
VENUES I LOVE WORKING WITH
I work regularly with a small number of trusted venues that understand hospitality, atmosphere and professional audiences.
A few favourites:
Proven Case Studies
Corporate wine tasting events in London that bring people together.
Elizabeth & Wine specialises in corporate wine tasting events in London, designed for law firms, finance teams, and global brands.
From intimate client dinners for 10–20 guests to large-scale interactive events for 100+, each experience is structured to create interaction, build relationships, and keep energy exactly where it should be.
Hogan Lovells & Vodafone
Private Client Wine Dinner (Mount Street Restaurant, 15 Guests)
Not every event needs scale.
For Hogan Lovells and Vodafone, this was a smaller, more considered evening for senior clients — hosted at Mount Street Restaurant.
With 15 guests around the table, the focus shifts.
The wines were chosen to open conversation, not dominate it. Introduced lightly, then left to do their job.
Result:
A relaxed, high-quality evening where conversation flowed naturally and clients stayed fully engaged throughout.
Testimonial:
“Exactly the tone we wanted — intimate, polished and effortlessly engaging for our clients.” — Gemma Hawksley, Hogan Lovells
Freshfields
Women in Wine Corporate Networking Event (London, 40 Guests)
Hosted in their office, the format focused on female winemakers, using wine as a way to guide conversation rather than lead it. Enough structure to hold the room, without ever making it feel managed.
Guests moved naturally. Conversations built quickly.
The room found its rhythm early on.
Result:
A full, engaged room with guests staying well beyond the formal tasting — always a good sign.
Testimonial:
“Elizabeth created exactly the atmosphere we wanted — warm, inclusive and genuinely engaging. Looking forward to the next one.”
— Jessamy Gallagher, Freshfields
BNY Mellon
Rooftop Wine Safari (London, 80 Guests)
Larger events need a different kind of structure.
For BNY Mellon, the brief was to keep 80 guests moving, engaged, and interacting — without it ever feeling managed.
The Wine Safari format does exactly that.
Three stations. Nine wines. Guests move freely, but with purpose.
Each station creates a new moment, a new conversation, a new group dynamic. No single focal point. No drop in energy.
Result:
Consistent flow across the entire event, with guests naturally engaging across teams and groups.
Testimonial:
“A standout event for us. The format kept the energy high throughout and worked brilliantly for a large, diverse group.” — Hani Kablawi, BNY Mellon
Monday.com
Interactive Wine Safari (100 Guests)
When you’re working with a group of this size, energy is everything.
For monday.com the goal was simple: get people talking quickly, and keep that momentum going.
The Wine Safari format creates instant movement. People don’t stay static. They circulate, compare, react — and that’s where the interaction happens.
Alongside this, we paired the wines with three live musicians across the space — each bringing a different style and atmosphere.
It added another layer to the experience. Not just tasting, but reacting, listening, and engaging in a more immersive way.
Result:
A high-energy event where guests engaged immediately and the atmosphere carried through the entire evening.
Testimonial:
“Such a fun and engaging format — it completely transformed the dynamic of the room." — Francesca de Panizza, Monday.com
Taylor Wessing
Private Client & Journalist Tastings (London, 15–20 Guests)
This was a series of smaller, more considered tastings — built around a clear story.
Taylor Wessing were celebrating 15 years in London, alongside the opening of two new offices in Paris and Milan.
So the wines needed to do more than just taste good. They needed to connect the dots.
An English sparkling to represent London.
A French wine. An Italian wine.
And a 15-year-old bottle to mark the milestone.
Simple on paper, but it gave the room something to hold onto.
Each wine had a reason to be there. Each one opened a different conversation.
Result:
Highly engaged groups, with guests connecting not just through the wines, but through the story behind them.
Testimonial:
“Thoughtful, well-paced and exactly right for our audience. Elizabeth has a natural ability to read the room.” — Rupert Winlaw, Taylor Wessing
Rostrum Networking Wine Evening
Lady of the Grapes, Covent Garden (25 Guests)
Smaller networking events can be the hardest to get right. For Rostrum, the brief was simple: bring together marketing leaders from law firms, make introductions, and create a space where conversation could flow naturally.
Hosted at Lady of the Grapes, the setting did a lot of the work — intimate, warm, and already centred around wine.
Four wines were introduced briefly, then left to open up the room:
English sparkling to start, followed by a white, a more expressive red, and a softer finish to carry the evening through.
Enough structure to give the event shape, without interrupting the flow.
Result:
A full room, no drop-outs, and a genuine buzz throughout the evening — with guests staying long after the formal tasting ended.
Testimonial:
“A brilliantly judged format — relaxed, engaging and exactly right for the group.”
— Mark Houlding, Rostrum
Hogan Lovells Casino-Style Wine Tasting
Interactive Blind Tasting Format for Corporate Events
Some rooms need an immediate shift in energy. This format does it in minutes. Guests taste three wines, £10, £50, £100, and guess which is which.
Simple, slightly competitive, and very effective. It removes any pressure around “knowing wine” and replaces it with instinct and conversation.
Result:
Instant engagement across the room, with even the quieter guests getting involved quickly.
Testimonial:
“Such a clever format. It broke the ice instantly and got everyone involved.”
— Hogan Lovells
Kingsley Napley Cheese & Wine Pairing Dinner
London (12 Guests)
An intimate evening exploring how thoughtful food and wine pairings
can transform a table.
A curated selection of wines, from Franciacorta to Beaujolais, Chile and Moscato d’Asti, introduced briefly, then paired to bring out texture, contrast, and balance across the meal.
Result:
A relaxed, interactive evening where guests connected easily and discovered new combinations along the way.
Testimonial:
“A beautifully paced evening, thoughtful, engaging and full of unexpected highlights.”
— Jenna Cooper, Kingsley Napley
Cadwalader Curated Wine Dinner
Farm Shop, Audley Street, London (20 Guests)
An intimate evening centred around craft, conversation, and thoughtful wine choices.
A tight selection of standout bottles, from English sparkling to Burgundy and premium non-alcoholic, introduced briefly, then left to open up the table.
Result:
A relaxed, conversation-led evening with guests fully engaged from start to finish.
Testimonial:
“A beautifully curated evening — thoughtful, engaging and effortlessly delivered.”
— Smridhi Gulati, Cadwalader
Allen & Overy Team Wine Training
London (10 Guests)
A smaller, focused session designed to build confidence around wine for new team members.
A practical, structured tasting covering food pairing, wine styles, and how to choose wine with more clarity — both for client events and client entertaining.
Helping to understand common terms partners use from Bordeaux to Claret and Chablis to White Burgundy. And seasonal menu pairings.
Result:
A more confident team, with a clearer understanding of how to choose and use wine in a professional setting.
Testimonial:
“A really valuable session — clear, engaging and immediately useful.”
— Lizzie Thompson, Allen & Overy
"The wine tasting was genuinely one of the highlights of the day. We had so many people tell us how much they loved the experience."
