wine, spirits & the art of tasteful competition
Group Tasting Events
Designed to bring your team together
TeamTasting.com is an event management firm specializing in wine, spirits and the art of tasteful competition.
Energize your next meeting or event with TeamTasting.com’s unique combination of entertainment, team-building, Epicurean adventure, light-hearted competition, and just plain fun.
What We Do
Are you looking for a distinctive and memorable event in which everyone can participate ~ right from the comfort of your meeting facility, hotel or corporate offices?
Feel like you’ve seen (and done) every event “mixer” under the sun? Midget Grand Prix racing, sumo suits, ropes courses, Top Gun simulations and of course,the dreaded scavenger hunt?
Surprise your attendees with a fresh, new event concept that’s fun, memorable and generates team spirit while igniting the group’s competitive fire! TeamTasting lets your guests compete as teams, or individually if desired, in professional wine and spirits blind tastings.
Obviously, within any group, there can be significant disparity in knowledge and tasting ability. So, to help level the playing field, wine & spirits expert, Mark Bowery, starts each event with a tutorial on the art and science of sensory evaluation, which will offer valuable insights into identifying the featured products. Novices and aficionados alike will savor the opportunity to bond with their co-workers while learning about some of the world’s most compelling beverages.
While we are delighted to create custom programs for your group, here are a few tried-and-true options:
Who We Are
Each event is lead by a professional sommelier
Bowery specializes in establishing award-winning beverage programs for fine restaurants and training their staff members to be knowledgeable, enthusiastic ambassadors for wine and spirits. In addition to his five-year tenure as sommelier at Masa’s restaurant during its heyday, he also served as wine and spirits editor for Millionaire Magazine, wine writer for the New York Times’ Wine Club, and a faculty member at the Brown-Forman Center for Global Wine Education.
From 2009 to 2016, he traveled the world sourcing for premium wine clubs, including Williams Sonoma, New York Times and Food & Wine magazine. He is also one of a handful of judges privileged to serve at both the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and the San Francisco International Wine Competition.
A “perennial champion” at the California Wine Tasting Championships, a competition he won seven times, Mark remains passionate about the ever-humbling sport of blind tasting. Today, incorporating over 35 years in the alcoholic beverage industry, he infuses each TeamTasting event with a rare combination of knowledge, enthusiasm, humility and humor.
Mark Bowery
Contact Us
To customize your event
With costs starting as low as $55 per person, Mark and his associates will team up with you to fit your theme, format and budget. For additional information, please fill out the form below.
Thank you,
TeamTasting.com
