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Make your own holiday wreath while tasting wines with me!
Wine Education is Fun
and for Everyone
Red or white? Yes.
Rosé or orange? Also yes.
Sparkling? Absolutely.
Hi, I’m Dana Van Nest, your new favorite wine coach!
If your go-to wine order is “red, I guess?” then let’s talk.
Wine coaching is about meeting you where you are at. Let’s get you comfortable with a wine list and conversant in helpful wine terms.
Every wine coaching session, in-home tasting, party, and event is tailored for you.
#winegoals
There are too many amazing wines out there for you to choose the second cheapest bottle on the wine list and hope it doesn’t suck.
A glass of wine is an enhancement to your meal, a sigh of contentment when you settle down after a long day, and a celebratory “cheers!” when you meet up with your favorite people.
Wine knowledge is a valuable social and business skill, but let’s be clear, wine should be enjoyable—let’s have some fun!
I’m located in Seattle and travel throughout the Greater Puget Sound region.
Dana Van Nest, WSET 3
I started my wine education by taking a copy of “Wine for Dummies” to wine shops to read labels and try to figure out what they meant. For real.
From there, I explored grape varieties and started honing my preferred flavor profile. I learned about wine regions locally and around the world. In 2019, I decided to professionalize my wine knowledge and began taking classes at Northwest Wine Academy and Napa Valley Wine Academy as well as working weekends in a tasting room.
As my skills and connections grew, I began writing for Sip Magazine and Great Northwest Wine. I have served as a Chief Judge at Great Northwest Wine’s Cascadia and Invitational wine competitions, as well as judging for Sip’s annual Best of the Northwest wine competition and the Pacific Northwest Wine Competition.
I hold a WSET Level 3 with merit and am certified as an American Wine Scholar. I am proud to sit on the board of the Alliance of Women in Washington Wine.
I also work as a copywriter and communication business strategist, helping organizations (wine and otherwise) to bring their values into their voice. My comms website is www.danavannest.com.
