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'Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine' · Dame Joan Collins
'One of the 5 wine schools I rate'
Suzy Atkins
Drinks Editor, Delicious Magazine
Coming up AT WINE SCHOOL
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We are delighted to offer a wide variety of wine tastings that are sure to excite your tastebuds. Join us at our Wine School home, Art Box, or for our fine dining wine schools at 2 AA rosette The Forge Chester. From January 2025 all of our Chester events will be in the gorgeous private dining room at The Forge.
With a selection of around 100 wine tasting events hosted every year to choose from such as an evening of Rioja to a sensational five-course lunch at our Saturday Wine Schools, we’ve got you covered with wines from all around the world. Our events aren’t just about the wine – they all feature mouthwatering food pairings too!
During the summer we take our tastings al fresco and onto the river aboard The Lady Diana for a delightful two-hour wine tasting cruise on The River Dee.
To offer the very best combination of service and balanced wine education our events are intimate too, with a maximum of 10 guests, therefore single group sizes are limited to 4 guests – if you are a larger group, contact us to discuss hosting a private wine school event as an alternative.
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Saturday Wine School: the New World – at The Forge Chester with five course lunch, 12.00noon – 4.30pm, Saturday 1/3/25
£150.00Join us at two AA rosette The Forge Chester for an indulgent and intimate Saturday wine school with five course lunch in their gorgeous private dining room! This super Saturday event features amazing wines from across the New World of wine. There's a taste of England too with a glass of Everflyht Sparkling Brut to welcome you and we'll share fun and useful wine tips and facts throughout the day!
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Look East at The Forge Chester (Eastern Europe and Eastern Med.), 7.00pm, Thursday 6/3/25
£65.00Look east and discover some seriously amazing wines! What do we mean by east? Eastern Europe is Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and more and Eastern Mediterranean takes us across the Ancient World of wine where wine has been made for thousands of years and includes Turkey, Armenia, Lebanon, Greece, Cyprus and Israel! There are six wines to try, one will be a super value 'quaffer' and the rest each paired with food.
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A Taste of Italy: lunch at The Forge Chester, 12.30pm Saturday 8/3/25
£125.00Join us at two AA rosette The Forge Chester for an intimate lunch featuring wines from all around Italy in their gorgeous private dining room! We'll welcome you with a glass of Franciacorta and each course will be paired with a different regional Italian wine.
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Perfect Portugal at The Forge Chester, 7.00pm, Thursday 13/3/25
£65.00Portugal is the UK's oldest trading partner and there are more than 150 indigenous grape varieties and still wines of all styles are produced all over Portugal too, from Vinho Verde in the north to Algarve in the south. There are six wines to try, one will be a super value 'quaffer' and the rest each paired with food.
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Saturday Wine School: Spain – at The Forge Chester with five course lunch, 12.00noon – 4.30pm, Saturday 15/3/25
£150.00Join us at two AA rosette The Forge Chester for an indulgent and intimate Saturday wine school with five course lunch in their gorgeous private dining room! This super Saturday event features amazing wines from all around Spain. There's a taste of England too with a glass of Everflyht Sparkling Brut to welcome you and we'll share fun and useful wine tips and facts throughout the day!
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The art of decanting wine with Riedel at The Forge Chester, 7.00pm, Thursday 20/3/25
£75.00Did you know that all wine styles can benefit from decanting - it's not just for older red wines! Join us for the art of decanting wine featuring Riedel crystal decanters and taste the difference from decanted sparkling as well as still white, rosé and red wines!
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A Taste of South Africa: lunch at The Forge Chester, 12.30pm Saturday 22/3/25
£125.00Join us at two AA rosette The Forge Chester for an intimate lunch featuring wines from across South Africa's exciting Western Cape wine regions in their gorgeous private dining room! We'll welcome you with a glass of Method Cap Classique and each course will be paired with a different South African wine.
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Italy’s Island wine regions: Sardinia and Sicily at The Forge Chester, 7.00pm, Thursday 27/3/25
£65.00Join us to discover some exciting wine gems from Italy's island wine regions: Sardinia and Sicily! Both have an array of indigenous grape varieties and their different climates and soils produce some outstanding wines from Cannonau to Vermentino to Zibbibo and so much more!
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Asian wines at The Forge Chester, 7.00pm, Thursday 3/4/25
£65.00Dare to be different and join us for a unique evening of wine discovery featuring wines from Asian's wine producing nations including India, Japan and Thailand! Discover some indigenous grape varieties as well as some well known ones and find out how their pair with food too!
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A Taste of France: lunch at The Forge Chester, 12.30pm Saturday 5/4/25
£125.00Join us at two AA rosette The Forge Chester for an intimate lunch featuring wines from all around France's exciting and diverse wine regions in their gorgeous private dining room! We'll welcome you with a glass of Crémant and each course will be paired with a different French wine.
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Discover Northern Spain at The Forge Chester, 7.00pm, Thursday 10/4/25
£65.00There is so much more to northern Spain than Rioja - from Rias Baixas in the northwest, home to Albariño, to Navarra, Ribero del Duero, Somontano, Aragon, Priorat and more! These exciting wine regions produce sparkling wines, vibrant whites, superb dry rosés and all styles of still red wines too.
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A Taste of Australia: lunch at The Forge Chester, 12.30pm Saturday 12/4/25
£125.00Join us at two AA rosette The Forge Chester for an intimate lunch featuring wines from all across Australia's exciting and diverse wine regions from Margaret River to Victoria. Famous for big, bold Shiraz from Barossa, this enormous continent nation has so much more to offer! We'll welcome you with a glass of traditional method sparkling wine from Tasmania and each course will be paired with a different Australian wine.
