How to Taste Wine Like a Pro Sommelier

How to Taste Wine Like a Pro Sommelier

$90.00

multiple dates

2 hr 15min

from HAGS (directions)

led by camille lindsley (beverage director and co-owner)

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in-person ⬝ tasting

Do you feel stumped or intimidated looking at a wine list?  Don't know how to describe the kinds of wines you like to drink? Want to buy wine at the store with more confidence?

In this interactive class, you'll learn how to buy, taste and enjoy wines empowered with new knowledge! Leading you on your new wine adventure is HAGS’ Owner and Beverage Director, Camille Lindsley. 

With an extensive and acclaimed background in wine, Camille will guide the discussion as you taste through 8 glasses from three different varieties.

Utilizing techniques like comparative tasting and tools like a flavor wheel, you’ll soon learn to identify colors, aromatics and flavor with ease all while developing your own preferences and tastes.

By the end of the class, you’ll leave with a solid wine foundation and a strong grasp of the lingo when discussing and describing wine at your next tasting, wine run or night out.

What You’ll Learn

  • How to taste and talk about wine like a pro

  • What to look for when buying wine at a restaurant or at a wine store

  • Discover what styles and profiles of wine you like and maybe discover some new favorites!

  • How to BYO and what kinds of wines to gift friends, family and acquaintances

On the Menu

  • 8 glasses of wine

Your Booking Includes

  • 1 hour and 45 minute class

  • Tasting of 3 Whites, 2 Skin Contact and 3 Reds

  • A printout of a sommelier's tasting grid and flavor wheel

  • Q&A after the class with a certified Sommelier

Good to know

  • Please be on time as the class will wrap up promptly at the end

  • This event is only for individuals 21 and over. Please bring a valid photo ID (state drivers license, ID or passports accepted)

PRIVATE BOOKINGS

  • This experience is also available for private groups of 6 - 14 guests

  • Available to book on Saturdays and Mondays

 

About Your Guide

camiille lindsley

Beverage Director and Co-Owner, HAGS

Camille Lindsley is the Beverage Director and Co-Owner of HAGS.

Named in Wine Enthusiasts' Future 40 Taste Makers, Camille is passionate about making wine accessible and exciting to wine novices and experts alike.

Completely self-taught, Camille became a certified Sommelier in 2019 before taking the wine world by storm. Her philosophy as a Sommelier is rooted in maximizing the enjoyment of wine amongst her guests.

After delighting guests at establishments like Aldo Sohm, Camille fulfilled a lifelong dream of opening up a restaurant with her partner in life (and now business), Telly Justice.

 

About The Business

 

hags

163 1st Ave., Store 2, New York, NY 10003

HAGS is a tiny restaurant in the East Village neighborhood of NYC, by Queer people for all people.

Created by James Beard Nominated Chef Telly Justice and awarded Sommelier, Camille Lindsley, community is something that HAGS does exceptionally well.

Guests will feel immediately accepted at this space, which succeeds at making fine dining fun and more accessible in every regard.

As far as the playful name, HAGS is both an acronym for the yearbook saying “Have a Good Summer” and synonym for “old witch”.