'Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine' · Dame Joan Collins
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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Gorgeous Greece at The Forge Chester, 7.00pm, Thursday 17/4/25
£65.00All too often Greek wines are dismissed due to poor assumptions or a glass of Retsina on a 1980's holiday yet there are so many truly superb quality wines produced across Greece including island wine regions such as Santorini. There are exciting indigenous grape varieties such as Assyrtiko, Roditis, Moscofilero and we now have a superb choice available to buy here in the UK, so join us to discover more about gorgeous Greece and its amazing wines!
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Provence wine tour 24-28 April 2025
Famous for rosé there is so much more to Provence! Discover some exciting wines from the south of France and look forward to vineyard and winery tours and tastings, food and wine experiences, Michelin star dining with wine pairing and much, much more! Our tour includes a feature day with Maison Mirabeau for a tour of their winery with founder and owner Stephen Cronk and a tasting of their range of outstanding rosé wines!
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Saturday Wine School: France – at The Forge Chester with five course lunch, 12.00noon – 4.30pm, Saturday 3/5/25
£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 France. 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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Chester Boat wine tasting river cruise: Italy from North to South, Thursday 29/5/25 departing 7.00pm
£85.00Join us on board The Lady Diana for a two hour wine tasting river cruise on Chester's River Dee - look forward to six wines from the north to the south of Italy including one of the island wine regions along with delicious canapés and/or small plates paired with each and enjoy the spectacular scenery as we cruise to the Iron Bridge before making our way back to The Groves.
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A Taste of Wales: lunch at The Forge Chester for Welsh Wine Week 2025, 12.30pm Saturday 7/6/25
£150.00Join us at two AA rosette The Forge Chester for an intimate lunch featuring some amazing wines from around Wales to celebrate Welsh Wine Week 2025! We'll welcome you with a glass of quality Welsh sparkling wine and each course will be paired with a different wine from some of the different Welsh wine regions where the spoils are just as complex as those of Burgundy in France thus creating unique and amazing flavours in every wine.
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Chester Boat wine tasting river cruise: South of France, Thursday 12/6/25 departing 7.00pm
£85.00Join us on board The Lady Diana for a two hour wine tasting river cruise on Chester's River Dee - look forward to six wines from across the South of France along with delicious canapés and/or small plates paired with each and enjoy the spectacular scenery as we cruise to the Iron Bridge before making our way back to The Groves.
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Chester Boat wine tasting river cruise: South Africa, Thursday 26/6/25 departing 7.00pm
£85.00Join us on board The Lady Diana for a two hour wine tasting river cruise on Chester's River Dee - look forward to six wines from South Africa's exciting winelands along with delicious canapés and/or small plates paired with each and enjoy the spectacular scenery as we cruise to the Iron Bridge before making our way back to The Groves.
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Chester Boat wine tasting river cruise: Northern Spain, Thursday 10/7/25 departing 7.00pm
£85.00Join us on board The Lady Diana for a two hour wine tasting river cruise on Chester's River Dee - look forward to six wines from the exciting wine regions across northern Spain along with delicious canapés and/or small plates paired with each and enjoy the spectacular scenery as we cruise to the Iron Bridge before making our way back to The Groves.
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Chester Boat wine tasting river cruise: Champagne & Sparkling, Thursday 24/7/25 departing 7.00pm
£99.00Join us for our Chester Boat 2025 season finale on board The Lady Diana for a two hour wine tasting river cruise on Chester's River Dee and it's all about Champagne and sparkling wines made in the 'methode traditionelle' - look forward to delicious canapés paired with each of six wines and enjoy the spectacular scenery as we cruise to the Iron Bridge before making our way back to The Groves.
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Austria wine tour September 2025
Join us in Lower Austria's wine regions as well as Vienna for sensational wines and spectacular scenery! Discover wines from Austria's own grape varieties Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt and more and look forward to vineyard and winery tours and tastings, food and wine experiences and much, much more!
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English Wine Week tour featuring Domaine Evremond and Wine Garden of England, June 2026
Join us on this exclusive English wine tour in partnership with VIP Wine Tours and Bond Travel and what better time to visit than during English Wine Week?! For 2026 we'll be featuring the Taittinger Family's Domaine Evremond and The Wine Garden of England for an extended tour which includes Simpsons Wine Estate and more!
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