About The Tasting Studio
The Tasting Studio is an online platform that makes wine tasting and wine learning as easy as swirl, sniff and sip.
The courses are designed as a series of easy-to-digest chapters. You can watch them on your laptop, mobile device or even your TV and you can choose to watch the videos whilst tasting along with the additional sample packs or with wines from your preferred retailer. If you don’t fancy tasting-along then you can even watch with a cup of tea.
Find out more about how it works here.
About Anna Spooner
I’m Anna Spooner. I’m a Stage 2 Master of Wine student, holder of the WSET Diploma and certified WSET educator. I have over 10 years of experience in the drinks business working in wine tasting, journalism, communications and education.
I’ve been a wine educator at various levels, first at West London Wine School where I taught both casual and WSET classes and, most recently, The Wine Society, where I hosted tastings from beginner to very experienced and premium levels. I created the online wine tasting programme at The Wine Society where I won them the Decanter Virtual Wine Experience Award in both 2021 and 2022.
I have hosted private tastings ranging from small intimate groups of friends at home to fine wine private members club events; from casual team building events for companies such as Facebook to more formal client relationship events for asset management companies.
In marketing and communication I’ve worked in-house for big wine brands and retailers. I have also written for magazines and newspapers such as The Financial Times Weekend Magazine, GQ and The Evening Standard as well as my own recently launched Substack. In 2022 I was runner up of the Jancis Robinson Writing Competition and I was also runner up for the IWSC Emerging Talent in Wine Communication in both 2022 and 2023.
I currently live in the Southern Rhône where I conduct local wine tours alongside my online wine education platform, private events and writing to reach a global audience.
