Private Wine Tastings
Custom tastings for friends, family, celebrations and dinner groups throughout DFW.
Private tastings →Dallas–Fort Worth • Wine Education • Events • Consulting
Wine shouldn’t be a pain in the glass.
WineNRD™ makes wine easier to understand, more interesting to explore, and a lot more fun to share.
I teach wine classes across Dallas–Fort Worth, build private and corporate tastings, and help hospitality businesses create wine programs their staff can actually sell — without requiring anyone to speak fluent sommelier.
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Good wine doesn’t require a secret handshake. If it did, I’d probably forget it anyway.
— Matthew Gilbert, Chief Wine NerdWine Classes in DFW
Serious wine knowledge. Normal-person language.
Small-group wine education built around real bottles, useful context, and the questions people actually ask. Learn grapes, regions, labels, pairing, tasting, buying, and why a wine tastes the way it does.
Explore Dallas–Fort Worth wine classes →Private + Corporate Wine Tastings
A better reason to gather around a table.
Guided wine experiences for birthdays, client entertainment, executive teams, team-building, celebrations, and groups who want to learn something without feeling trapped in a seminar.
Corporate Wine Experiences
Team events and client entertainment that are structured enough to be useful and relaxed enough to be fun.
Corporate tastings →Custom Themes
Champagne, Spain, blind tasting, Old World vs. New World, food pairing, or something designed specifically for your group.
Tell me what you’re planning →Wine + Hospitality Consulting
A wine program should make sense on the floor and on the P&L.
Wine lists, by-the-glass programs, pricing, margins, staff training, opening systems, wine clubs and service standards. A beautiful list that nobody can sell is just expensive wallpaper.
Explore Consulting- Wine list development
- BTG program design
- Pricing + margin analysis
- Staff training
- Opening support
- Wine club development
Meet the Chief Wine Nerd
Matthew Gilbert
Spanish Wine Scholar • WSET Level 2 • Hospitality & Wine Consultant
I like the technical side of wine, but I like making it understandable even more. WineNRD is for curious drinkers and hospitality people who want the knowledge without the attitude.
About Matthew and WineNRD →Learn Wine
Useful answers, not content confetti.
Practical guides on tasting, pairing, regions and buying wine — written from first-hand wine and hospitality experience.
Visit WineNRD LearnLet’s talk wine
Class, tasting, consulting project, or something weird and interesting?
I work throughout Dallas–Fort Worth and with hospitality operators beyond North Texas.