Barrel Blending & Tasting

Be a Winemaker for a Day

Join us for private barrel blending and barrel tasting at our Irvine Wine Lounge and Showroom. Learn to make your own wine in a private wine-tasting experience.  Our experienced wine ambassadors will create a life-changing experience that you will never forget.

What You’ll Experience

Wine tasting & wine blending is more than just a good time.  At our Irvine wine blending warehouse, you will discover how to make a party with your friends a lifelong experience that is second to none.

  • Each guest will have a complete beaker set to use to help measure and create the wine blends.
  • A complete formula sheet to help you catalog what works and what does not work as you blend through these creations.
  • We will include (1) 750ml bottle of your own blend with your own name!  (YES – You can order more if it is that good!)

Make your reservation today and create a memory that will last a lifetime.

Santa Ynez Barrel Wines

We are so excited to have this awesome opportunity to let you become a strong and intimate part of the wine-making process at McClain Cellars. Come and enjoy our barrels of wines from our Santa Ynez Valley winery. You can make a wine, taste some vintages, and fall in love with the experience of being a winemaker for a day. So grab your significant other, friends, and family, and get ready to blend your own bottle of our “stupid” good wine.

Every guest will have an opportunity to really get their hands and palate in the winemaking process. We only offer red wines to blend with at this time. If, however, your guest would like to try tasting some white wines… we have you covered. You will barrel taste 5 different red wines that are in barrel and aging. We will gather these wines into small sample jars with you and work with them in our temperature-controlled warehouse. We will also supply you with beakers for measuring, a notepad to write down what you like and do not like, and a glass to sample with. You will then start blending and tasting until you’ve created the ultimate selection.

Each guest will get 1 bottle of the wine that they created to enjoy at home. If you want more bottles of the same wine….. not to worry… you can make more for an extra cost.

What You’ll Experience

Wine tasting & wine blending is more than just a good time.  At our Irvine wine blending warehouse, you will discover how to make a party with your friends a lifelong experience that is second to none.

  • Each guest will have a complete beaker set to use to help measure and create the wine blends.
  • A complete formula sheet to help you catalog what works and what does not work as you blend through these creations.
  • We will include (1) 750ml bottle of your own blend with your own name!  (YES – You can order more if it is that good!)

Make your reservation today and create a memory that will last a lifetime.

Private Groups Available

Yes, we offer basic wine tasting from our current release as well as wine blending samples in our Irvine Wine Blending Warehouse.  Enjoy a private wine-tasting experience with our wine ambassadors. Grab your group and find out what a good time really is.

Book Your Group Today!

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