Champagne tasting at your venue
Jim comes to you with four to eight champagnes from small, independent growers. You taste them side by side and hear exactly what is in your glass. By the end you genuinely know something about champagne, and it never once felt like a lesson. At home, at the office or in your own business.
What to expect
Almost everyone knows champagne from a single brand. One bottle, one taste, always the same. And then someone tastes a Blanc de Noirs for the first time, made by a grower who grows his own grapes, and the penny drops.
That is what a tasting with us is about. Four to eight wines side by side, all of them from small houses in Champagne, in an order that is going somewhere: first the region, then the three grapes, then how the wine is made, and finally what a few years of rest does to a bottle. You taste the difference between chardonnay and pinot meunier, between a fresh brut and a cuvée that has spent a long time ageing on the lees. It is a masterclass, only one where most of the evening is spent laughing.
I am Jim. I select these wines myself, I know the makers personally and in July 2026 I earned the title Master of Champagne. There are around 450 of us worldwide. So ask me anything you want to know about champagne, including the questions you think are silly.
Jim Dronk, Master of Champagne since July 2026
How it goes
You do not have to prepare anything apart from a table everyone can sit around. We bring the rest.
I arrive and set up
I am at your door in good time, bring the bottles down to temperature and set out the glasses. All you have to do is clear a table.
The opener
You get a glass in your hand straight away. While you taste, I explain briefly how champagne is made and why one bottle tastes so different from the next. Not a lecture, just an explanation in between the drinking.
Wine by wine
I pour 50 to 70 ml of each champagne, depending on how many wines are on the table that evening. You hear about the house, the grape, the region and what to expect in your glass. Questions are welcome at any point, that is what makes it enjoyable.
Everything side by side
By the end the glasses stand side by side on the table. Only then do you taste how big the differences really are, and notice that you can now name them yourself.
Talking it over and taking it home
I clear everything away while you carry on talking. Whatever is left in the bottles I leave with the host. If you want to take a bottle home or order more later, we sort that out on the spot.
The packages
All prices are per person and include VAT, the champagne, the crystal glasses and the hosting. The more wines, the further into the detail we go. We charge a minimum rate of 8 people. If your group is smaller, the tasting simply goes ahead at that rate.
VAT included. Minimum rate of 8 people.
VAT included. Minimum rate of 8 people.
VAT included. Minimum rate of 8 people.
A company outing, a wedding, a staff party or a vertical tasting with lunch alongside it. From 25 people we work with an adapted set-up and an extra host or hostess. Tell us what you have in mind and we will turn it into a proposal.
The finest moment of a tasting is the end, when champagne is no longer just something festive or something for the aperitif, but so much more than that.Jim Dronk
Why us
Four things that set this evening apart from an ordinary tasting.
Jim earned the title Master of Champagne in July 2026. There are around 450 of them worldwide. So you are at the table with someone who knows the makers personally.
We do not sell the big brands. Everything comes from independent growers who grow their own grapes and make their own wine. You will not find those bottles in the supermarket, and you can taste it.
We pour from Lehmann crystal champagne glasses, designed in Reims. The glass decides a large part of what you smell and taste. We would rather let you experience that yourself than explain it.
For two weeks afterwards, every guest gets a guest discount on the champagnes that were on the table. That way you take the evening home with you.
Good to know
So that you know exactly where you stand beforehand.
Request a quote
Fill in what you know, we will talk through the rest. You will have an answer from Jim personally within one working day, with a proposal and a few possible dates.
Frequently asked questions
Is your question not here? Feel free to call or message 06 81 65 14 70, or put it in the form above.
Both. There is a real build to it, from region to grape to how the wine is made, and you go home with knowledge you will use next time you are in a shop. It just feels along the way like an evening with friends rather than a lesson. You can ask questions at any time, including the ones you think are silly.
From 8 people. There is a practical reason for that: we open a whole bottle of every champagne, so below 8 guests the bill per person becomes needlessly high. If your group is smaller, we charge the rate for 8 people and the tasting simply goes ahead. For larger groups we open a second bottle of each wine, so that everyone gets the same measure.
Anywhere there is a table. At your home, at the office, in a meeting room, at a club or in a hired hall. We bring glasses, ice buckets, spittoons and water, so you do not need to have anything ready there.
All the champagnes, the crystal glasses, the ice buckets and spittoons, Jim hosting the evening, and the setting up and clearing away. The price is per person and includes VAT. Only travel costs beyond 30 km from Rotterdam are added, and those are always stated in the quote in advance.
No, we come with champagne and glasses. Putting out some bread, cheese or oysters yourself is of course always fine and works very well. If you want a tasting with a full menu alongside it, we arrange that together with a restaurant. Mention it in your request and we will look into it.
That depends on the package. With four champagnes I pour about 70 ml of each wine, with eight about 50 ml. Either way you end up at around 300 to 400 ml, roughly half a bottle per person. There are spittoons and water on the table. You decide for yourself how much you drink and how much you spit out, which is entirely normal at a tasting.
Especially then. Plenty of our guests have never tasted champagne attentively before. No prior knowledge is needed and there are no wrong answers. Anyone who already knows a great deal will find plenty here too, because you rarely come across these houses.
Jim puts the selection together, because the build from light to full is what makes or breaks a tasting. If you have a preference, mostly Blanc de Blancs for instance, or rosé, or an older vintage in the line-up, put it in your request. We will take it into account.
Three weeks ahead is comfortable, because then we have the most room in the diary and can still bring in special bottles in time. At shorter notice it often works out as well. Just ask, and we will see what is possible.
Yes. For two weeks afterwards, every guest gets a 10% guest discount on the champagnes you tasted that evening. You receive the code by email, together with an overview of what was on the table.
Yes. Choose business in the form and give the company name. You receive an invoice with the VAT specified separately. For staff outings and client days we are happy to put together a proposal for a larger group as well.
Certainly. We make a personalised gift voucher, with which the recipient picks a date themselves. Mention it in your request and we will send the voucher digitally or on paper.
Up to 7 days before the agreed date you can reschedule or cancel free of charge. After that we charge for the champagnes we set aside specially for you, because by then they have been bought in and chilled. Everything else that applies is set out in our terms and conditions.
Yes. We serve no alcohol to anyone under the age of 18 and ask for valid proof of identity if we have doubts. Younger guests are welcome at the table, but they are not served champagne.
Would you like to do it yourself sometime? Our article on hosting a champagne tasting at home tells you what you need in terms of glasses, temperature and order. Read the article
Our terms and conditions apply to every tasting you book. Read the terms and conditions
Tell us briefly what you are looking for and we will send a proposal with a few possible dates.
No sale and no serving of alcohol to anyone under the age of 18. On arrival we ask for valid proof of identity if we have doubts about a guest's age.
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