Wine events with all fun and learning, none of the snobbery

Elizabeth Schneider is an award-winning podcast host, author of the acclaimed book “Wine for Normal People”, a wine expert, and one of the leading women in wine education in the United States.

Whether the audience is wine novices or enthusiasts or a mix of everything, Elizabeth can create a unique, lively experience for your team that will bring them together, have them laughing and relaxing, and teach them some important things about wine that they can actually use.

What You Can Expect

Creative Collaboration

Advice on what would work based on years of speaking experience in dozens of venues with dozens of audience types. Extremely attentive customer service to you.

Event Organization

An event with Wine for Normal People means no stress for you! If needed, Elizabeth:

• Selects all wine for the event within your budget, crafts a presentation that fits within your time requirements (from 20 minutes to 2 hours)
• Works with caterers, venues or directly with distributors to get the best wines at any budget
• Pairs food and wine, whether it be a cheese platter to a 5-course meal
• Suggests seating and venue layout, tablecloths, glassware, and plans event flow

Transparent Pricing

Live Events: Flat price per event, plus reasonable travel expenses where applicable

Virtual Wine Events: Flat price, contact us for information.

*Given legalities of working with alcohol, cost of wine is a separate expense. Wine For Normal People is an education and media company, not a wine sales company. We are not permitted by law to send wine to your participants, however we do suggest specific wines and stores and work directly with local wine shops wherever your participants live to help them get wines for the event, if needed. All you need to do is approve the selections and call in with payment.

With over a decade in the podcasting world, Elizabeth Schneider has been mentioned in nearly every top wine podcast list produced. She is a Certified Sommelier and a Certified Specialist of Wine, and has years of experience working in the wine industry. Elizabeth has an MBA, is a successful female entrepreneur and has a wealth of corporate speaking experience. She has conducted over 400 successful live wine events, about half of which have been conducted online. Her expertise is in communicating wine to a consumer audience in a plain spoken, fun, entertaining way.

Clients include

The Wine for Normal People on-line classes are so much more than tasting classes! I love learning how the history, culture, and climate of the region has impacted the wines in my glass. The notes and information that Elizabeth provides allow me to, confidently, continue my exploration of the wines and regions after the class is over.

Mollie Adams

Professor

“Elizabeth did a wonderful job over the two nights of our charity event. She has clearly done these things before; she has a sense for what works and what doesn’t with regard to the crowd. Elizabeth managed a balance of humor, professionalism, and warmth – we couldn’t have been happier.”

Joe O’Neill

Crittenton Center

“Elizabeth Schneider is a fabulously dynamic speaker, engaging the audience with her knowledge of wine, charisma and sense of humor. We always know that we are going to get a fun and unique experience when we bring Elizabeth into one of our events. We customize every program that we do, and Elizabeth is always flexible and eager to partner with us to make it a one of a kind event.”

Georgia Van

CEO, Presenting Atlanta

“Elizabeth has real industry knowledge but more importantly, the gift of public speaking! She is engaging and funny and immediately captured the attention of a 250 person audience…I have received a tremendous amount of positive feedback on Elizabeth’s session and she stayed for over an hour after to answer questions and even sip wine with the audience. Elizabeth allows you to learn and laugh and I am looking for the next audience for her to delight!”

Rachel Schaller

Senior Vice President, HOULIHAN LOKEY
Board Member ACG NYC

“I would absolutely recommend Wine for Normal People for your next corporate event, girls night or simply to become more versed in your wine knowledge. Elizabeth was super easy to work with and helped us to create a very personalized virtual experience that traditionally would have taken place in person. She certainly holds up to the Wine for Normal People name by educating, enabling and bringing fun to all levels of wine drinkers. I can speak on behalf of our team that this will not be our last engagement with Elizabeth and Wine for Normal People!”

Lindsay Draus

ScanSource

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Background and Certifications

After graduating from Wesleyan University (CT) and starting my career in Boston, I quickly realized that my heart was more in my hobby than in my high-tech job. Trips to the wine shop often yielded awesomely poor (but hilarious) results, so my sister and I finally took a course at the Boston Center for Adult Education to learn how to taste and appreciate wine. And that kicked it all off.

A stint in St. John in the Caribbean to wait tables and just unwind for 8 months (yes, I quit my high-tech corporate job, packed two bags, and hopped on a plane) was followed by a great two years completing my MBA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (where I met M.C. Ice, my podcast partner and husband) and since then my career has been solely about wine.

I am a Certified Sommelier, Certified Specialist of Wine, MBA, blogger, wine educator, and normal wine person. My goal is to bring the love of wine to people who don’t take themselves too seriously but who want great info about wine. I do this through the Wine for Normal People podcast, blog, book, video, speaking events, and anything else that makes wine fun, easy, and normal.

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