Wine tastings · New York · London

Private tastings.
Individually curated.

We host, so you don't have to.

Our mission

We believe wine should be fun, approachable, and enjoyed without intimidation.

Our mission is to create engaging wine experiences where everyone—from beginners to wine lovers—feels comfortable learning, exploring, and sipping together. We create the experience, so you can simply enjoy it. We host so you don't have to.

Sophia Johnston, founder of Sip With Sophia

Our story

Sophia Johnston

WSET Level 2 with Distinction · Le Cordon Bleu London candidate

Sophia's passion for wine began in Cornell University's hospitality program. She took every wine class she could get into and fell in love with all the ways wine connects people: through culture, history, science, food, and more.


During four years in finance, she threw wine tastings for her colleagues as a fun social activity. People looked forward to them all year, and their enthusiasm sparked an idea: why keep this to one office? Everyone could benefit from having fun while learning about wine.


Those early tastings taught her something she still builds around. People don't remember a boring lecture from a snobby sommelier. They remember a fun fact about a region they'd never heard of, an incredible story about a winemaker, or a pairing they can't wait to try at their next dinner party. So she built every tasting around exactly that: engaging, fun, and digestible.

  • Feb 2025Launched Sips
  • 35+Events hosted
  • 3Podcast features

What we host

Wine tasting, your way.

Guided wine tastings brought to your home, office, or wherever you're gathering. Start with one of our packages, make it your own, or tell us what you're celebrating and we'll help build the night.

Packages

6 wines · Hosted · Bespoke

Choose between our Intro to Wine and Wine Lovers packages, with six wines, professional glassware, tasting sheets, and everything you need for a great night.

Customizations

Built around you

All Italian, no reds, a specific region, a theme tied to the occasion — tell us what you're picturing and we'll help make the tasting yours.

Event Types

Any reason to gather

Birthdays, corporate events, dinner parties, showers, book clubs, bachelor and bachelorette parties, or simply getting your people together.

Wine club

Can't host a tasting where you live? Join our wine club!

Sophia and the Sips Somms hosting a tasting

Same mission as our tastings — making great wine fun, approachable, and genuinely exciting, whether you're a curious beginner or a seasoned wine lover — except this one ships anywhere in the country.

Every quarter, Sophia hand-selects 3–4 bottles that punch well above their price: familiar favorites, hidden gems, unusual grapes, and regions you've probably never explored, delivered straight to your doorstep.

Each box comes with everything you need to actually enjoy what's inside — notes on the regions and the winemakers behind the bottles, tasting notes, and food pairings to try at home.

  • 3–4 · Bottles per box
  • Quarterly · A new selection
  • $150–175 · Shipping and tax included

Join our club and come taste with us!

Book a night

Let's plan it

Send us a note with the date, headcount, and neighborhood and we'll come back with a plan and a quote.

  1. Tell us the basicsDate, headcount, space, and roughly what you want to spend per person.
  2. We build the flightA proposed theme and any other details you would like.
  3. We handle the restWine sourcing, glassware, scorecards, and hosting on the night.