Classes & tastings · Tacoma and the South Sound
Come learn something. Bring a friend.
Evenings anyone can book a seat at — my own classes around Tacoma, plus the WSET qualifications I teach. No experience needed for any of them.
What’s to come
Upcoming classes
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The Blind Dog
Tickets: The Blind DogThu 22 Oct · Barrel Dogs, Buckley · 6pm-8pm · $60
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WSET Level 2 in Wine — Tacoma Weekend Intensive | Oct 3–4, 2026
Tickets: WSET Level 2 in Wine — Tacoma Weekend Intensive | Oct 3–4, 2026Sep 27 (virt) & Oct 3–4 (in-person) · Copper & Salt Northwest Kitchen, Rustin · Enrollment through WSET
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Cider & Cedar: A Golden Hour Pick-Up Party
Tickets: Cider & Cedar: A Golden Hour Pick-Up PartyThur Oct 8th · Cider & Cedar · 4pm-6pm · Taste the fall wines
Seats are limited and these do sell out. If a date has gone, email me — I keep a list and I’d rather run a second night than turn people away.
Two kinds of evening
Mine, and WSET’s
Both are in the list above. They’re bought in different places, which is worth knowing before you click.
ZenWine classes
My own evenings — blind tastings, champagne, wine and food. Usually 90 minutes, always relaxed, and you book a seat right here on this site.
WSET qualifications
The real thing — internationally recognised wine qualifications, taught by me here in Tacoma. I hold the WSET Diploma, one step below Master of Wine. Enrolment goes through WSET rather than this site, so that button takes you to them.
If it’s your first one
You don’t need to know anything
Most people who walk into a wine class are quietly worried they’ll be the least knowledgeable person in the room. Somebody has to be, and it genuinely doesn’t matter — I teach to whoever turns up.
- No experience needed. If you can say whether you liked something, you have everything required.
- Coming alone is normal. Plenty do, and nobody sits by themselves for long.
- Spitting is optional. So is finishing anything.
- You’ll take notes home. Written in plain language, not wine-speak.
- You’ll leave able to describe a wine without saying “I like it” — which is the whole point.
Nothing that fits?
Have your own, any night you like
If the dates don’t work, or you’d rather be in your own kitchen with your own people, I’ll come to you. Same wine, same teaching, your calendar.
Be first to hear
Classes fill by word of mouth
Most seats go before a class is announced anywhere. Tell me what you’d come to and I’ll let you know when it’s on the calendar.
kat@zenwineclub.com