Booked & Bottled: Build a Blind Date with a Book

Taste your way to a book you’ve never read: Coursey Graves pours a flight of wines, each one paired to a genre, and the pour you love points you toward your blind date with a book.

Chardonnay points toward historical fiction, Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir toward romantasy, Syrah toward contemporary fiction, ‘22 Napa Cabernet toward thriller (exact pairings may shift slightly by the day of the event). The books are a curated selection of new releases across all of those genres, so you’ll get a few clues along the way, enough to feel confident you’re walking away with something you’ll genuinely like.

Follow your favorite pour to its genre, then build your blind date: choose from book-themed baubles (bookmarks, stickers, tea, and more) to tuck inside, wrap it all up yourself, and add a pairing card explaining why that book and that wine belong together. The book itself stays a mystery until you’re home and ready to unwrap it.

Your ticket includes a full glass of wine plus your flight of pours, food from Coursey Graves, your wrapped blind-date book and baubles to take home, fun bookish games, and a spot at the book swap. Add-on blind dates are available if you want to build a second one! One bookish blind date is good, but it also makes a great holiday gift for someone else on your list.

Coursey Graves’ standard tasting runs $75. For $60, this ticket gets you wine, food, access to a great community of readers, a book matched to your favorite pour, and an afternoon built around all four.

$60 general admission, $45 for Novel Pairings Book Club or Coursey Graves Wine Club members. Only 50 tickets available. Come solo, bring a friend, or round up your book club; most people leave having swapped recommendations with someone new. 21+.