Vin Elegance, Founder, Tara Abernethy is passionate about sharing her knowledge, French culture and love for elegant and amazing wines from the world’s finest terroirs.
Tara offers a variety of wine consulting, tasting, travel and buying services to both individuals and corporate clients, either in-person from her base in Vancouver, Canada, or via zoom. Tara has over 25 years of experience as an educator, and is fluent in both Spanish and French, offering not only a wealth of knowledge of world-class wines but also, European culture.
Tara’s passion for elegant wines is contagious and she expertly combines a fun, engaging atmosphere with sophisticated style. Discover her full range of services below:
Our Services
Tutored Tastings
- to discover the terroir of a specific region (in France, Italy or the United States)
- tastings of a specific grape variety from various regions
- tastings of the various grape varieties of a region (in France, Italy or the United States)
- tastings to understand the levels of wine classification of a region/appellation (Ex: Burgundy Regional, Village, Premier Cru, Grand Cru)
- vertical tastings (a few vintages of the same wine/estate to notice similarities and differences)
- tastings of white/red/rosé or sparkling wines from several regions or countries
- tastings to learn how to describe a wine
- blind tastings (for connoisseurs)
Events & Wine Buying
Consulting & Investing
Whether you are seeking to build a cellar for your restaurant, or your own personal collection or in selecting elegant wines for an event or milestone celebration, Tara offers her expert and personable, wine consulting services including:
- wine buying, or choosing wines based on regions, appellations
- wine collection building
- wine buying for restaurants, events or corporate activities
- wine event consulting depending on guest preferences, numbers and menu
- wine event ordering from my international partners and private domaines around the US, France and distinct regions of Italy such as: Piedmont, Tuscany, or Sicily
- serving wines with guest or attendee tastings
Discover the World Through Wine
Wine Tourism
From leading a full wine trip with itinerary, or meeting up directly in France or Italy for a few day affair, Vin Elegance is available to plan your next wine vacation. From trip planning to organizing transport from local businesses, reserving tables at fabulous, regional restaurants or booking accommodations, we can manage it all. Tara Abernethy has several years experience in creating incredible wine and cultural travel experiences in Europe. We will ensure you visit several domaines, which offer both very good wines, and a warm, charming welcome. Tara speaks both French and Spanish to ensure your wine travel experiences abroad and itineraries are effortless, culturally-rich and exciting.
- Wine Travel Planning by region, including scheduling: private tasting visits at intimate domaines, regional and themed wine tours and private cellar visits
- European regions possible include: Spain, France and Italy with special focus on: Burgundy, Loire Valley, Provence, Piedmont, Tuscany and Sicily
Wine Education
Non-Profit Wine Club
