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Corporate Groups, Community Events, Classes and Consulting...We Do It All!Corporate GroupsWhether you are entertaining clients, business associates or looking for a fun event for your employees, our wine tastings are engaging, educational and always a big success! We offer corporate events in two formats: a dedicated presentation/tasting for your group or as an elaborate wine bar with maps, tasting notes and the wines available for guests to do a walk through tasting. This is the preferred format when there are other components to the event.
We frequently work with law firms, CPAs, investment firms, banks, political parties and more. For more information please contact us at Maia@sipwineboston.com or 617.669.6934. Community EventsAn educational and entertaining wine tasting is the perfect theme for a community event! These tastings are always a great way for friends and neighbors to come together and make new acquaintances.
Town Halls, yacht clubs, restaurants and art galleries have all booked Sip for their themed wine events, with great success! Private TastingsBirthday celebrations, girls-night-in, neighborhood get-togethers, book clubs, anniversaries...you name the occasion, we will provide the wine tasting to pair with it!
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"My organization used Sip Wine Education for a corporate retreat and Maia managed to make it the highlight of our event. Not only was it a great opportunity for light-hearted fun among attendees and staff, Sip Wine is an amazing educational experience! Maia made the process simple and provided us guidance at every step of the way, even providing catering suggestions to create a perfectly complimenting menu. With her expertly crafted selection, we traveled the globe. Maia’s professionalism and amiable nature makes her an absolute pleasure to work with. I highly recommend her services to anyone looking for a night of elegant, lively fun. I look forward to working with Sip Wine Education for our next event!" ~ Noelle Marsten, Boston, MA
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"I had the pleasure of working with Maia on one of my organization's largest and most exclusive events of the year. From start to finish, Maia was incredibly professional, knowledgeable, and someone you'd actually like to sit down and have a glass of wine with! As I don't know much about wine myself, I asked Maia to craft a tasting selection that would pair well with our reception menu. She worked directly with our caterer to handle all of the logistics including glassware, linens, ice, etc. I can't overstate how easy she made everything. With dozens of moving pieces, I never once worried about our wine tasting. I knew it was being handled by the best. Needless to say, the tasting was a huge hit at the reception, and Maia even provided us extra bottles of her wines for the bartenders to serve during dinner. As someone who has worked with countless vendors, I can say that Sip Wine is top notch. I look forward to working with Maia again!" ~ Cassidy Golwick, Boston, MA
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"I had the pleasure of working with Maia on one of my organization's largest and most exclusive events of the year. From start to finish, Maia was incredibly professional, knowledgeable, and someone you'd actually like to sit down and have a glass of wine with! As I don't know much about wine myself, I asked Maia to craft a tasting selection that would pair well with our reception menu. She worked directly with our caterer to handle all of the logistics including glassware, linens, ice, etc. I can't overstate how easy she made everything. With dozens of moving pieces, I never once worried about our wine tasting. I knew it was being handled by the best. Needless to say, the tasting was a huge hit at the reception, and Maia even provided us extra bottles of her wines for the bartenders to serve during dinner. As someone who has worked with countless vendors, I can say that Sip Wine is top notch. I look forward to working with Maia again!" ~ Cassidy Golwick, Boston, MA
A few more options...Classes for the TradeHow confident and knowledgeable are your bartenders and servers when it comes to selling wine? Do they actively up-sell to your customers? If you asked them the difference between a Sancerre, Pouilly Fume, Sauvignon Blanc and a Fume Blanc, what do you think they would say? Do they know what Burgundy is? How about Chablis? You might be surprised at the answer!
The more your staff know, the better equipped they will be to sell. With her strong background in the restaurant industry, Sip owner Maia Gosselin is uniquely qualified to assist you in training your staff to better understand wine. She will custom-design the perfect seminar for your group of servers and bartenders. Maia teaches with a laid-back, fun, yet informative style. We'll have your staff engaging with patrons and selling wine with confidence! Consulting ServicesFrom wine list development to staff training we offer a range of services for both small retail accounts and restaurants. Working with your budget, Maia will help you design a unique wine list guaranteed to impress your clientele, no matter what their tastes. Maia has worked in the wholesale trade for many years and has excellent relationships with many distributors, large and small.
FundraisersPeople like to give money while they are dressed up and learning about wine! We have worked on a number of highly successful fundraisers and would love to be a part of yours! Clientele include Marathon runners, School PTA/PTO and various local charities.
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"Maia has provided wine tasting services for the town of Swampscott on a couple of different occasions with positive results. She is very well-versed in the many varietals that people enjoy. She presents some exceptional values that people can easily access in local stores. When you leave one of Maia's wine tasting events you walk away more educated about wines and with a list of 'must tries' that you can then serve to others. "~ Danielle Strauss, Town of Swampscott Recreation Director
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Testimonials...
Sure, we think we put on a great event but we'll leave it up to our clientele to tell you!
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"Maia makes wine something that everyone can enjoy. She takes it all the complexities and breaks them down with years of experience, great notes and region maps, and a healthy dose of humor. You will not regret attending one of her events or hiring her to bring your own up a notch!"
~Jason Consalvo, Beverly, MA ~~~~ "Maia did a great job for our firm party. Her wine selection was fantastic and her knowledge of all the different wines was very impressive. She directed the party flawlessly while educating us on each type of wine but also gave us time to mingle between each other with a perfect balance. I look forward to using Maia again and would recommend her to anyone, for any size party." ~Jim J. Woburn, MA ~~~~ "Maia does a fabulous job at taking the overwhelming amount of raw data from the world of wine, distilling it down and catering it appropriately to the needs of her audience. I walked away with both a good working knowledge and the desire to learn more!" ~ Amy Trefry, Damariscotta, Maine |
"After viewing Maia on WCSH Channel 6 "207" I determined that a wine tasting would be a great gift for my husband's 65th birthday and our upcoming 36th Wedding Anniversary. We shared the occasion with four couples from our rural neighborhood, all of whom agreed it was the perfect combination of fun and information. Maia presented wines, that while new to us, will be affordable and easy to obtain the next time we are in Portland. I think the Champagne was the favorite. We hope she can return for one of our monthly neighborhood Tapas parties this summer!"~Jo-Anne Bushey, Smithfield, Maine
~~~~ "I worked with Maia to host a wine tasting fundraising party, and it was a wonderful experience. She is professional, upbeat, never misses a detail and is constantly coming up with new ways to help people learn more and enjoy themselves at any event. People could not stop raving about how much fun they had at my fundraiser, and I was able to go above and beyond my fundraising goal. If you're interested in planning a great wine tasting event, I would highly recommend working with Maia and Sip." ~Jeannie Hannigan, Front Burner Social |