Join sommelier Craig Haynes for a themed evening of guided tasting that will change the way you choose, pour, and pair wine at home.
Three rounds, heading steadily north. We start in the foothills of northern Italy, move west to the cool green corner of northern Spain, and finish further north still. An evening for the time of year when the weather turns and the wines that suit it come into their own.
This is not a lecture, and it is not about chemistry. Craig pours nine wines — three rounds of three, roughly an ounce each, about two glasses over the evening. For each wine: where it is from, a couple of things worth knowing, and what to serve it with. Practical, approachable, and genuinely enjoyable.
You are welcomed with a sparkler from our own shelves, and fresh bread is served alongside the wine throughout — because wine tastes like itself when there is something to eat with it.
Everything poured is something you can go out and buy locally afterward. That is the point. You leave with a list, not just a memory — we send it to you a day or two later, along with where to find each bottle.
Come with questions. Leave knowing what you like, and why.
Tuesday 17 November 2026, 6:30PM–8PM, plus 30 minutes for questions and shopping. The price includes a guided tasting of nine wines, a welcome sparkler, and bread.
About Craig Haynes. Craig Haynes is a director with the National Capital Sommelier Guild, through which he regularly leads tastings, and has been an instructor in the sommelier program at Algonquin College in Ottawa. He holds the Wine & Spirit Education Trust Level 3 Certificate in Wine with merit, as well as the Wine Scholar Guild’s French Wine Scholar with honours, Italian Wine Scholar with highest honours, and Spanish Wine Scholar with highest honours, and the Expert level certification from Champagne Education. He is also a wine writer and reviewer — his articles have appeared in vineroutes.com and apt613.ca, and he is @somm613 on Instagram.
Note: this class serves alcohol. Participants must be 19 or older.
Advance registration required. Spaces are limited to twelve. Classes are non-refundable.
