Wine, made simple.
Growth, made real.
For wine lovers
Private wine tastings in Austin for birthdays, girls' nights, and dinner parties, plus custom wine travel planning. Great bottles, good company, no fuss.
For wineries
Marketing and tasting room strategy for small wineries. Twenty years scaling SaaS brands and a decade making wine, so both sides of the table.
For corporate events
Corporate wine tastings and team building events in Austin, hosted on site at your office. Designed to get people talking, not to fill a calendar slot.
How it started
My husband and I started making wine in 2015. What began as a hobby turned into harvesting grapes in West Texas at Newsom Vineyards and producing our own label, Corcho Vino.
Our daughter grew up in the vineyard rows. We call her our “cellar rat.” She even has her own cuvée, La Familia Estrella.
We don’t sell our wine. We make it, open it, and give it away.
Because, to us, wine has always been about gathering.
And that’s still what drives everything I do.
My Philosophy
Wine gets overcomplicated.
It can feel intimidating. Like you need a certification before you’re allowed to have an opinion.
You don’t.
The best wine is simply the wine you like.
At the same time, wine is layered and fascinating, history, geography, migration, agriculture, culture. I love that depth. I’ve studied it. I travel for it. I’ve built it with my own hands.
But I believe it should be explained in a way that makes sense.
Simple doesn’t mean basic.
Simple means clear.
Credentials
10 years of hands-on winemaking
WSET II Certified | Texas Wine Ambassador
Wine travel across Chile, Argentina, France, Portugal, California, and beyond
20+ years as a B2B marketing executive, I know what it takes to grow a brand
I've spent my career helping brands grow, and the last decade learning that wine is one of the most powerful ways to bring people together. That combination is what Wine, Uncomplicated is built on. Based in Austin, TX.
Growing what brings people together
Mexico Beyond the Margarita
A private, guided tasting through five Mexican wine regions, with food pairings to match. Perfect for bachelorettes, birthdays, and dinner parties that deserve better than a standard night out.
Read the Wine, Uncomplicated blog
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Harvest Is Your Best Marketing Season. Most Wineries Waste It.
For about eight weeks a year, your winery's story tells itself. Crush, sorting, first juice, purple hands. Most wineries are too busy living it to capture any of it, and then spend December trying to manufacture something to post. Here's a simple playbook for fixing that.
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Every Bottle I've Recommended on Wine, Uncomplicated
Every bottle I've ever recommended in one place. Whether you're standing in the Trader Joe's wine aisle or browsing Total Wine, this is your shortcut to skipping the overwhelm and grabbing something you'll actually like.
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Wine Storytelling for Brands That People Remember
A bottle gets a few seconds to earn someone's attention, and the facts on the back label rarely do it. Wine storytelling for brands is about giving the right people a real reason to choose your wine, share it, and remember it later. Here's how to find the story that's already true about your winery, and where it has to show up.
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Beginner Guide to Wine Tasting: How to Taste Wine
Wine tasting is not a test, and nobody is grading you on finding "blackcurrant leaf" in a glass of Cabernet. Here is a beginner guide to wine tasting that skips the jargon and helps you figure out what you actually like.
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Corporate Wine Events Aren't Parties. They're Tools.
The companies getting the most out of wine events don't throw parties. They use them as tools. Here's how client retention, team culture, and brand storytelling happen more naturally over a glass than in a conference room, and why now is the time to plan Q4.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Wine, Uncomplicated hosts private wine tastings, corporate wine events, and approachable wine education in Austin, Texas. It was founded by Jennifer Strachan, a WSET II certified sommelier and Texas Wine Ambassador who has been making wine in West Texas since 2015.
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Private wine tastings are $50 per person for a ninety minute guided experience, plus the wine, which typically runs $20 to $35 per person and you purchase directly. Smaller groups have a minimum, and the per person rate steps down as the group grows.
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No. Most guests arrive knowing roughly what they like and not much else, which is exactly the point. Nobody gets quizzed, and nobody is asked to identify blackcurrant leaf in a glass of Cabernet.
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Austin is home base and most events happen here. Events elsewhere in Texas are possible depending on the date, the group size, and travel logistics.