WineQ's Services

In-House and Customized Tasting - WineQ specializes in customer-tailored wine tastings for your home, office, or special occasions and events. Whether you'd like a simple tasting or an in-depth seminar - Wine Q can help!

Free Estimate - WineQ offers a free, no-obligation consultation/visit. We’ll come to your home or business, discuss your wine event needs and provide you with an estimate for our services.

Wine Q offers 3 levels of wine knowledge to choose from. Simply choose a topic from any of our 3 levels and WineQ will bring you 6 wines to taste and learn about. Our 3 levels are:

‘Light and Lively’ for Beginner

‘Medium and Mellow’ for the Intermediate

‘Rich and Riveting’ for the Advanced

Wine Q 101: "Light and Lively"

1. Introduction to the Wondrous World of Wine

- Experience a flight of six varietal wines from the new world and learn the basic profiles of the noble varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah/Shiraz, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay)

2. Bottle Royale - The Reds

- A new world versus old world comparison of reds. Discover how the European reds have influenced, shaped, and now compete against their new world counterparts.

3. Bottle Royale - The Whites

- A new world versus old world comparison of whites. Discover how the European whites have influenced, shaped, and now compete against their new world counterparts.

4. Ontario - Yours to Discover...and drink!

- Learn how Ontario holds its own against the rest of the world. Try 6 fantastic local wines.

5. The Varietal Series

- Experience the worldly differences in a single variety of wine. Choose 1 of the noble varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah/Shiraz, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay) and let WineQ take you around the world.

Wine Q 201: "Medium and Mellow"

1. Old School

- Learn the signature grape from 6 countries and its cultural edge in the world wine market.

2. Pick a Country: Old World

- Choose a country/region from the old world wine market and experience 6 wines.

3. Pick a Country: New World

-Choose a country/region from the new world wine market and experience 6 wines.

4. Bottle Royale - Ontario wines and their European counterparts

- Compare and contrast 3 Ontario wines to their European brothers.

Wine Q 301: Rich and Riveting – Advanced

1. The Wines of Loire Valley

2. Bordeaux vs. Burgundy

3. The Wines of Southern Franc: The Rhone, Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon

4. The Wines of Northern France: Champagne and Alsace

5. The Wines of Northern Spain: Old Castile, Rioja and Navarra

6. The Wines of Northern Italy

7. The Wines of Central and Southern Italy

8. The Wines of Western USA

WineQ’s educator, Robert Broerse, studied with Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). Robert has ten years of experience in the wine, food and restaurant industry as well as extensive experience providing wine education seminars in partnership with British Columbia’s largest wine store – Everything Wine.

Robert continues to broaden his knowledge of wine through his research of the historical, cultural, philosophical and sensory attributes of wine.