Wine Tasting with Charlotte Kristensen
Thursday 13th February 2025
St Mary's Church, St Mary's Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4HF
7pm
7.30pm
We are thrilled to relaunch our wine tasting with Charlotte Kristensen in the new year! Please join us for a pre Valentines day evening for a glass or two of something delicious.
The world of wine can be intimidating, with its huge variety of types and unfamiliar language, but in Wine: Taste Pair Pour, writer and educator Charlotte Kristensen sets out to empower the reader with accessible knowledge and practical advice. This book celebrates wine as a fundamentally sensory experience that can be enjoyed by all, with a focus on great tips for tasting, choosing and serving wine, and for pairing it with food.
- Learn how to taste and talk about key grapes and wine styles using your five senses to guide you
- Understand successful food and wine pairings, with sections detailing different food categories, each with delicious pairing recommendations and recipes
- Enjoy wine at home and out and about, with key knowledge on how to read a wine label, hosting with wine, tips for buying wine and getting the best out of a restaurant wine list
Author Biography:
Charlotte Kristensen is a wine columnist, communicator and educator based in London. Prior to focusing on wine, she worked as a lawyer in the City of London. After falling in love with the world of wine while living in New York, Charlotte decided to leave the corporate world and made the leap into wine. In 2018, she set up her Instagram account @thelondonwinegirl to record her journey, and now has followers around the world. Charlotte completed the prestigious Diploma in Wines with the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) in 2020 and is a certified WSET wine educator. In 2022, she became the weekly wine columnist for You Magazine at the Mail on Sunday. Charlotte runs supper clubs, tastings and events, and works with wine regions and brands from around the world.