Past Events & Tastings

Event poster for Champagne and Oyster Tasting on Sunday, December 14th at 2 PM, featuring sommelier-led tasting, seasonal lunch, and live oyster shucking, with tickets available online.
Poster advertising a pasta class at Cosette Wine Bar, featuring an illustration of a hand holding a fork with spaghetti, a glass of wine, and hearts around the text. Event details include date, time, price, and additional activities.
Graphic promoting wine tastings every Friday, with flights starting at $30, featuring illustrations of wine glasses and sparkling effects.
Event poster for Pasta & Piedmont, a Northern Italian evening. Features an illustration of rolling hills with cypress trees and a map of Italy highlighting the Piedmont region. Details include date November 9, 5:00 PM at Cosette.
Event invitation for a wine tasting class on October 9th, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm, led by Cosette Sommelier Gillian Miller, with a graphic of two clinking wine glasses.
Invitation for an evening event with an illustration of two clinking wine glasses, featuring details about wine tasting including a flight of three Gamays for $35 and a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau for $15, scheduled for Thursday, November 20th.

Weekly Palate Readings @ Cosette

Every Friday at the bar!

Guests ranged from people who had never touched wine to seasoned sommeliers, and the experience was the same for all of them: a real conversation, a blind tasting, and complete honesty about what they liked and didn't. From there I built each person a custom flight based on their palate. Everyone left with a card filled with adjectives to describe what they love and grape varietals to seek out next.

Three bottles of wine surrounded by potted green plants and pink flowers.
A digital promotional poster for a wine tasting event, featuring stylized illustrations of wine glasses and decorative stars, with text about flight prices, event schedule, and reservation details.
Three women having a conversation at a bar in a restaurant. One woman is facing away, wearing a black shirt and pink sneakers. The second woman, in the background, has short blond hair and is wearing a dark shirt. The third woman is facing towards the camera, with long brown hair, wearing a mesh beige top over a black shirt, and is gesturing with her hand while talking.
An advertisement for a wine tasting event. The text mentions flights starting at $30 every Friday, and explains the experience of tasting wine, curating personalized flights, and talking about wine. The background features stylized illustrations of wine glasses and stars.

Valentine’s day: Pasta Making & Red Wines

A collaboration with Chef Jordaline Jimenez — guests made two styles of ravioli from scratch, sat down to dinner, and worked through three distinct red wines. I spent time with each couple individually, exploring their palate preferences and connecting them to the producers behind what was in their glass.

Poster advertising a pasta class at Cosette Wine Bar on Sunday, February 8th at 6 PM. The event costs $95 per ticket, includes light appetizers and dinner, and features a red wine flight. The poster has illustrations of a hand holding a fork with spaghetti and a glass of red wine, and includes decorative hearts.
Outdoor dining scene at night with a wooden table set with multiple glasses of red wine, a white napkin, and a floral decoration. In the background, there are outdoor chairs, a patio heater, and a hedge, with lighting overhead.
Outdoor dining scene at night with a wooden table set with multiple glasses of red wine, a white napkin, and a floral decoration. In the background, there are outdoor chairs, a patio heater, and a hedge, with lighting overhead.
Glass of water with bacon-wrapped breadsticks in the foreground, set on a beige tablecloth in a restaurant with green plants and shelves in the background.
Glass of water with bacon-wrapped breadsticks in the foreground, set on a beige tablecloth in a restaurant with green plants and shelves in the background.
Poster for a pasta class at Cosette Wine Bar, featuring a line drawing of a hand holding a fork twirling spaghetti over a bowl and two red wine glasses. The poster includes details such as date, time, ticket price, and event highlights.

Champagne & Oysters

A deep dive into the science and styles of Champagne — paired with oysters sourced from across the country, each selected to complement a specific style, region, and producer.

A set of four empty wine glasses placed on a rustic wooden table, with three wine tasting notes or menus nearby. The background shows a white wall with a small green climbing plant and some black hooks.
Event poster for Champagne and Oyster Tasting on Sunday, December 14th at 2 PM, featuring live oyster shucking, seasonal lunch, and sommelier-led tasting. Illustration of an oyster. Ticket purchase online.
Event poster for Champagne and Oyster Tasting on Sunday, December 14th at 2 PM, featuring live oyster shucking, seasonal lunch, and sommelier-led tasting. Illustration of an oyster. Ticket purchase online.
Event poster for Champagne and Oyster Tasting on Sunday, December 14th at 2 PM, including live oyster shucking and seasonal lunch, with tickets available online.
Event poster for Champagne and Oyster Tasting on Sunday, December 14th at 2 PM, including live oyster shucking and seasonal lunch, with tickets available online.
A person holding a freshly opened oyster with a hand in a beige knitted sweater, while another hand in a black glove holds the oyster closed. In the background, a row of champagne bottles and a stainless steel counter are visible.

Intro to Wine Tasting

A foundational class built around tasting theory: how to identify acidity, tannin, and body, and how to recognize primary and tertiary characteristics. Guests tasted through wines that illustrated each concept. Everyone left with a framework for forming their own opinions about what's in their glass.

Two bottles of wine and two empty glasses on a rustic wooden outdoor table, surrounded by green plants, with a background of trees and parked cars, illuminated by warm sunlight.
Event invitation poster with red text on a light green background, featuring an illustration of two wine glasses clinking, announcing a wine tasting event on October 9th from 6 pm to 7:30 pm, led by Cosette Sommelier and Gillian Miller.
A large rustic wooden dining table set outdoors with wine glasses, water glasses, menus, and a succulent centerpiece. In the background, several people are at a patio restaurant with trees, umbrellas, and string lights.
Invitation poster for a wine tasting event on Thursday, October 9th, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm, led by sommelier Gillian Miller, with a fun illustration of two clinking wine glasses.

Piedmont Wines & Pastas

Another collaboration with Chef Jordaline Jimenez. Guests made cavatelli from scratch and sat down to a three course dinner while we worked through an education-forward tasting of Piedmont's finest. From Arneis to Barolo and Barbaresco, we covered the region, the grapes, and what makes each style distinct. Guests left with a real understanding of one of Italy's most complex and rewarding wine regions.

People gathered around a table making handmade pasta in a cozy, plant-filled indoor space at night.
A promotional poster for a pasta event called Pasta & Piedmont, scheduled for November 9th at 5:00 PM at Cosette. The poster features a watercolor illustration of rolling green hills with cypress trees, a map outline of Italy with Piedmont region highlighted, and text with event details.
Three bottles of Italian wine placed on a gray surface outdoors, with potted plants and green foliage in the background.
Event poster for Pasta & Piedmont, a Northern Italian evening, scheduled for November 9th at 5:00 PM at Cosette. The poster features a watercolor illustration of rolling hills with cypress trees, a map of Italy with the Piedmont region highlighted, and text with event details.

Soirée Beaujolais Nouveau

A flight built around three expressions of Beaujolais — a Nouveau, a Villages, and a Cru, all from iconic producers. Guests worked through each glass while we talked through the appellation system, the region's distinct crus, and the tradition behind Nouveau.

Invitation for an evening event, titled 'Une Soirée Beaunois Noveau,' featuring a flight of three Gamays for $35 and a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau for $15, with an illustration of two hands toasting with wine glasses.
Three bottles of wine on a wooden surface outdoors, with background potted plants.
Invitation to a social evening event featuring wine, with a drawing of two toasts in glasses, and details about the event date and pricing.
A lit green glass candle holder on a paper menu or flyer with red text, with a marble wall background.

Winemaker Event: Domaine Les Enfants Sauvages

A winemaker event featuring Domaine Les Enfants Sauvages, a family-run biodynamic vineyard in the south of France. Guests tasted through four wines and spent the evening in direct conversation with the winemaker about each one: how they're made, where they come from, and the people behind them. A wine night focused on connection and the stories behind the bottle.

Poster advertising a winemaker pop-up event featuring Juri Bantlin of Domaine Les Enfants Sauvages, scheduled for Friday, November 14th, from 6 to 10 PM. The poster includes a landscape photograph of a vineyard with a person walking along a trail, surrounded by lush grapevines and rolling hills.
A hand holding a bottle of white wine with a label reading 'Les Enfants Sauvages' in the foreground. In the background, a person with a dark shirt and blue jeans is outside, on a leash, standing near a table with plates, cups, and utensils, surrounded by trees and plants.
Flyer for a winemaker's pop-up event featuring a photo of a vineyard landscape with a person walking on a trail, surrounded by plants and hills, with large text describing the event details.
Flyer for a winemaker's pop-up event featuring a photo of a vineyard landscape with a person walking on a trail, surrounded by plants and hills, with large text describing the event details.
A man with a beard and gray hair, wearing a beige cap and a white graphic t-shirt, stands outdoors in a field of green plants with rolling hills and trees in the background. He has his hands on his hips and is smiling at the camera.

Let’s make wine more memorable.

Whether you’re building a wine program, planning an event, or looking to deepen your staff’s wine knowledge, I’d love to hear about it!

Woman with long brown hair, wearing a beige T-shirt with an orange floral design and dark high-waisted jeans, holding two bottles of red wine, standing in front of a metal wine rack filled with various bottles and jars.