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DON'T BE BORING - DO DIFFERENT

It's not enough just to have a meeting anymore.

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Remind your team why they chose the company they work for by putting 'fun' back into the word 'function'. 

Blind Bottles In Blind Tasting Wine Militia

Blind Wine Tasting Experience

In this experience, guests can taste, analyze, revisit then cast their vote on which wines are behind the masked bottles. Wine knowledge does not always guarantee a win in this challenge and may require the guest to question their 'gut' as they are guided through an interactive wine tasting with one of our fun loving down-to-earth sommeliers. Learn how to identify key personalities of specific grape varietals while practically using tips and tricks shared by our team.  Multiple winners? Have the winners go head-to-head in a  sudden death taste off challenge for the ultimate prize.

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- Recommended for group sizes 10 -  500 people

- Offered as a reception style networking experience 

- Team play opportunity available 

- Prizes for Top Tasters

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Wines blinded being prepped for opening wine militia
Blending Graduated Cylinders Wine Militia Blending

Wine Blending

Experience

Experience a unique and fun way to engage your guests with this interactive wine blending session. Guided by our energized charismatic sommeliers, this experience focuses on palate discovery. Taste through wines and learn how the personality of each grape plays a different role in building a solid wine blend. We bring the lab to you to blend your own wine.

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Team Building

Teams will be able to create a blend together and put their wine up against other team to be voted on by a panel of judges.  Winning team gets full bragging rights.

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- Recommended for group sizes 10 to 100 people 

- Offered as seated seminar style 

- Team Bonding & Morale Boosting

- Memorable Custom Takeaway

 

Wine Toasting over Vinyl Record Playing Wine Militia Sip & Spin

'Sip & Spin'

Vinyl & Wine Tasting

Nostalgia and network friendly. Great for a lounge style experience with a sommelier and a turntablist. Guests will be able to select classic vinyl records/tracks among vintage style record shop crates while sipping on a wines hand selected by our team. 

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Music plays a huge historical role in our team as our roots are literally in vintage vinyl and we have amassed a sizable selection from Pink Floyd to Led Zeppelin and Kenny Rogers to Electric Light Orchestra. Deep tracks and deep sips. 

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We bring the turntable, the vinyl, the crates, and the entire vibe with wines.

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- Recommended for group sizes 10 to 500 people 

- Nostalgic and great for icebreaking

- Perfect reception add on or after dinner lounge

Graduated Cylinder Wine Militia Blending
Guest Corking a Bottle
Bottle Being Waxed
Vinyl and Bottles Wine Militia Sip & Spin
Vinyl and Bottles Wine Militia Sip & Spin

Sensory Wine & Food Tasting Experience

Wine & Food Sensroy Experience wine militia

Intimate, friendly and one of our most sought after experiences. Our sommeliers will dive into an in-depth custom sensory wine experience featuring various levels of aromatic and flavor discovery.  Journey in your guided tasting through a series of aromas being represented by individual components. Engage in a discovering the importance of balance through a series of flavor experiments that open up the dialogue of tannin, acid, bitterness, sweetness & umami and the relationship of wine with food.

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Stand alone tasting or a great add on to your dinner.

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- Recommended for group sizes 10 to 100 people 

- Can be offered as a seated seminar style or reception stations

- Edutainment and insightful

- Practical Tips & Tricks from Sommeliers

 

Themed Wine Tasting
Themed Wine Tasting Wine Militia

Enjoy a NOT BORING Wine Tasting with a theme! This experience offers the guest a chance to taste or enjoy a glass of something familiar or something new.

 

Themes such as: ​

  •  95+ PT Tasting

  • Mountain Vs Valley Floor Wines

  •  Natural, Organic and Biodynamic Wines

  •  Is Cabernet Really King?

  •  West of France, Just North of LA

  •  Port & Madeira

  •  Vertical Wine Tasting

  •  Price Point Tasting 

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- Recommended for group sizes 10 -  500 people 

- Offered as seated seminar style or     networking reception (stations)

 

Fizzy & Bubbly Tasting
Champage Tower Fizzy and bubble Tasting wine militia

A unique celebratory experience that makes everyone smile and get bubbly. Our non- boring sommeliers deliver a whimsical approach to tasting some classic 'fizzies' with enriched storytelling, introducing nostalgic garnishes and flavor infusions. Experience the forgotten tales of why we say cheers' and where the Ancient Romans first coined the term 'toast' when raising a glass. Ever saber a bottle of Champagne? Want to try? Discover where this classic ceremony began and sip with us!

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- Recommended for group sizes 10 -  500 people

- Offered as a reception style networking experience 

- Think Wine Tasting meets Mixology

Something Different

Mixology Class
Mixology class wine militia

Enjoy the artisan craft of mixology taught by seasoned professionals that have shook and flung many a cocktail in Michelin Star restaurants and speakeasies. Learn about the origins of specific cocktails while interacting in a hands on mixology experience. From bourbon to vodka, amaro to vermouth and everything in between, guests will dive into the nuances of how to balance a great cocktail and finish with garnish. The ultimate entertainment package.

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Recommended for:

- Group sizes 10 to 50 guests

- Offered as seated seminar style 

- Engaging Hands on and interactive

- Mock-tail option available! 

Guests Toasting with their latest cocktails made ftom Wine Militia Mixology Class
Winery & Vineyard Tour 
Tasting Excursions

Authentically local and exploratory. Curated unique winery experiences in wine country featuring hard-to-find, critically-acclaimed,  cult status, and delicious finds. 

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Booking Tours in: ​

  •  Santa Barbara

  •  Napa

  •  Sonoma 

  •  Livermore 

  •  Temecula

  •  Eldorado & Amador

  •  Paso Robles

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Recommended for:

- Small Groups  2 - 12 people

- Large Groups 13 - 100

- Works with preferred transportation vendors

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Wine maker Bryan Babcock speaking on Wine Militia Vineyard Tour
Chocolate & Wine
Wine and Chocolate Pairing Wine Militia

Wine & Chocolate Pairing

Indulge your senses in a flavor combination that never ceases to impress, Chocolate & Wine. If you think chocolate is just rich and one dimensional, we have an experience for you. Discover the elegance and whimsy of non-traditional flavor combinations and complex layers of flavor with the pairing delicious premium quality wines. Your host sommelier will interact and engage with you and your guests while walking through a comparative/contrast of the elements.

This amazing program could not be possible without the friendship and continued partnership with the team at Kollar Chocolates. 

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"I once had a VP of a very prestigious wine company that I worked for ridicule me of suggesting chocolate could work with wine, like I had burned down some elite pious wine monument! I have been proving them wrong since the day we started offering this experience. I get the Wonka story first hand watching each guest sip and bite."  - Lamar 

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Recommended for:

- Large Groups 100 - 1000

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"Lamar and his team are forever friends of Smart Meetings! He delivers passion for unique experiences for every guest. Expect to see a high touch, extremely thoughtful and warm approach dedicated to the guest. We loved the wine blending and blind tasting experience and all the energy that was brought, so fabulous!"

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Marin Bright

Founder / CEO

Smart Meetings Magazine

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