Whilst attending a wine tasting event at Manchester Wine School, hosted by Simon Woods, and enjoying his light hearted, informative style, my head was busy working out ways that we could make our own wine tasting experience - and so the seed for this session was planted.

Simon has been co-coordinator of the annual International Wine Challenge, a columnist for The Financial Times ‘The Business’ magazine, editor of the award-winning annual Which? Wine Guide and a contributor to numerous magazines. He's judged at wine competitions on four continents and has written several books.

A few meetings later and…

On arrival you'll receive a warm welcome and a glass of fizz to enjoy ahead of the event commencing.

As alcohol will be consumed during the evening all guests will need to be a minimum of 18 years of age. We don't recommend driving home. We have plenty…