Welcome to First Glass Wine Events. The home of making connections with other wine lovers©

Our unique, one of a kind palate pairing technology© matches you to someone with your taste in wine

It's where wine tasting meets dating and networking

As Seen In

Our events run across London and are open to everyone 18+

In fact, we encourage you to come alone and let us take care of the company

Upcoming events

  • Wine Tasting & Dating 40s+

    The Anthologist, Bank (City of London)

    Friday 25th April 7 - 9 pm

    Book now

  • Wine Tasting & Dating 20s - 30s

    Diogenes The Dog, Elephant & Castle (London)

    Thursday 15th May 7 - 9 pm

    Book now

  • Wine Tasting and Networking Careers Event

    London

    Thursday 12th June

    ON SALE SOON
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  • You matched pretty well last night! Whatever system you use works as I totally agreed with my matches. It was so much fun, and there was so much attention to detail!

    Anon

  • A lovely evening and well organised. It was a great chance to meet lots of people. It didn’t feel like a dating night at all, just a fun wine tasting evening! Really well organised too. I really enjoyed it, thank you!

    Kate

  • I had never been to a dating event before, so with wine being my passion it was so easy to get into the room meeting people over a wine tasting session. Great selection of wines, historical venue and wonderful hosts who are also wine professionals.

    Anon

  • Such a great event! Hosts super knowledgeable, friendly, approachable! I loved the games and wine facts and enjoyed the evening immensely. I thought you organised the evening so well and made it so fun! Love the concept and you are great hosts!

    Anon

  • LOVED the experience! Really relaxed, had lots of laughs and I enjoyed myself. I was really nervous coming, but I lost my nerves when I arrived as you guys made me feel really comfortable.

    Danielle

  • It was an amazing experience wine tasting! Every wine I tried had such different characteristics. It was really nice to meet new people.

    Romario

  • A really fun evening meeting lots fo new people over some great wines. I loved the games, they were great ice breakers without being at all cringy. The hosts have so much wine knowledge and shared it in a really fun wa, and made sure that everyone had the chance to chat to everyone else without it feeling like a repetitive speed dating event!!

    Ellie

  • Thanks for hosting a lovely evening. As a novice I learnt a lot and had some interesting conversations.

    Anon

  • Absolutely loved this. I liked that we moved around, and it was fun, organic conversation. Delicious wines and great hosting.

    Anon

Stay connected

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How does it work?

At our events you will taste five premium wines and tackle wine-related challenges with guests to get to know each other better. At First Glass we're all qualified wine professionals (we really are, we went to Wine School!), so this is your opportunity to ask us everything you have ever wanted to know about wine

When the night draws to a close our unique Palate Pairing system© calculates whose taste buds you are aligned to, and a secret envelope reveals the perfect match in the room for you to share a bottle of wine with

We look forward to hosting you!

Kirsty and Jenni x

Meet the Team

  • Kirsty Woodgate

    CO-FOUNDER

  • Jenni Davis

    CO-FOUNDER

  • Ellie Scott

    HOST

  • Janina Doyle

    HOST

  • Shenaz Hansraj

    HOST

  • Elizabeth Hawthornthwaite

    HOST

Read more about our story

 FAQs

  • Most of our guests match between 1 - 3 people on the night. Some with more, some with less - it really depends on how your palates align.

  • Yes, we will be going nationwide soon..

  • Everyone tastes the same wines on the evening. You will rate the wines, and our calculator will let us know whose score you were most closely aligned to overall.

  • We run dating events for all age groups - the individual events will specify what the age range is for that event.

  • Yes we do! Sign up to our mailing list / follow on Instagram to hear when new events are launched.

  • No. Guests are sat in small groups, that are rotated throughout the night so you speak to everyone.

  • If you cannot attend on the evening we will try to transfer your ticket to another event where possible. Refunds are available 14 days in advance of the event (Eventbrite’s fees are non refundable)

  • We would love to, and if there is demand we can put an event on. Please contact hello@firstglasswineevents.com to register your interest

  • Venues and ticket sales vary, but on average we make available 22 tickets.

    Occasionally we do get last minute cancellations/no shows which can alter the number of guests in the room.