Stave & Slate

Good wineneeds goodcompany.

Stave & Slate is a Toronto wine team. We manage private cellars, run trade tastings, direct wine programs and host events.

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What we do.

One small team, three kinds of work. Each one gets a sommelier who has done it before.

For collectors

Private cellar consulting & management

We catalogue your collection, plan the storage and tell you what to open and when.

  • Buying
  • Storage
  • Inventory
Cellar consulting →
For producers

Wine trade promotion

Our sommeliers run live tastings for wine trade associations and producers, in front of trade buyers and the public.

  • Live tastings
  • Producers
  • Associations
Trade promotion →
For restaurants

Program direction

We build wine lists, pairings and service standards with the team that has to pour them.

  • Lists
  • Pairings
  • Training
Program direction →

Private events, personal or corporate.

Birthdays, offsites, client dinners, a Tuesday that needed a reason. We bring the wine, the glassware and the stories. You bring the guests.

See our events

  • Corporate tasting eventsClients, teams, leadership offsites
  • Personal celebrationsDinners, milestones, gifts with a pour
  • Wine dinnersPaired course by course

Teams we’ve poured for

A small team that has worked some very good rooms.

Our sommeliers have poured in Michelin-starred restaurants, worked harvests abroad and trained in Bordeaux. Now that experience goes into your cellar, your event or your list.

Meet the team

A stone château in the Médoc, Bordeaux

Tell us what you’re pouring, and for whom.

Send a short note about the occasion, the headcount or the cellar. Our team replies within two business days.

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