Let’s Wine Together

Wine Experiences with Substance, Style, and a Strong POV

I’m Megumi Calver: sommelier, founder of Merobebe, and WSET Level 3 with distinction.

I create thoughtful wine tastings, curated events, and select brand collaborations for hosts, brands, and communities looking for something polished, welcoming, and memorable.

Wine with Substance and Style

Merobebe was built to make wine feel more approachable and connected…not just to what’s in the glass, but to the people around it.

Alongside my wine expertise, I bring more than a decade of experience across marketing, communications, storytelling, and event production. I’ve also been quoted as a sommelier in outlets including Wine Enthusiast, Forbes, Chowhound, Delish, Real Simple, and more.

That combination shapes the way I approach every tasting, event, and collaboration: with an eye for hospitality, a strong instinct for customer experience, and a belief that wine can be both elevated and inviting.

Whether the goal is education, conversation, hospitality, or brand storytelling, every offering is designed to feel polished, warm, and genuinely human.

Ways to Work With Merobebe

Every engagement is tailored, but most clients work with me in one of the following ways:

Private Wine Tastings

  • This is the most classic wine-forward offering: a guided tasting designed to help guests learn, explore, and enjoy wine in a way that feels approachable and elevated.

    Tastings can be customized by theme, region, varietal, producer style, or level of wine knowledge.

    • private groups

    • birthdays and celebrations

    • women’s gatherings

    • client entertainment

    • founder circles

    • curious drinkers who want a more thoughtful tasting experience

  • Depending on the format, tastings may include:

    • curated wine selection guidance

    • a guided tasting led by Megumi

    • approachable wine education and tasting notes

    • optional printed or takeaway materials

A guided tasting experience centered on wine education, discovery, and conversation.

This is best for when wine is the main event!

Curated Wine Events

A more immersive, wine-centered gatherings designed with intention, from concept and experience design to production support and hosting.

Best when you want a full wine-centered event, not just a tasting!

  • This offering is for hosts, communities, and brands looking for something broader than a traditional tasting.

    Curated Wine Events are designed around the full guest experience: the concept, the atmosphere, the flow, and the role wine plays in bringing people together.

    Depending on the event, support can range from early-stage experience design and wine curation to event production guidance, on-site hosting, and facilitation. Some events are more educational, some are more social, and some are built around a larger conversation or brand moment.

    All are designed to feel polished, welcoming, and thoughtful!

    • intimate dinners and salon-style gatherings

    • women’s communities

    • founder and leadership groups

    • brand or hospitality events

    • private hosts who want something more elevated and memorable

    • events where wine is part of a larger social or conversational experience

  • Depending on scope, this may include:

    • event concept and theme development

    • wine curation

    • guest experience and flow planning

    • educational or conversational framing

    • select production guidance

    • run-of-show support

    • on-site hosting and facilitation

Brand Collaborations & Advisory

Select consulting and collaboration for brands looking for wine-informed ideas, customer experiences, and storytelling shaped by both sommelier expertise and more than a decade of marketing experience.

  • Merobebe partners selectively with brands, founders, and hospitality-driven businesses looking for a collaborator who brings both wine credibility and a strong background in marketing, messaging, and audience experience.

    This can include wine-adjacent event concepts, educational or editorial input, partnership ideas, consumer-facing experiences, and brand storytelling support. With a background spanning sommelier work, strategic marketing, and event production, I help shape ideas that are not only thoughtful and well-executed, but also aligned with how a brand wants to show up and connect.

    • wine and beverage brands

    • hospitality and lifestyle brands

    • women-led businesses

    • founders exploring wine-adjacent events or partnerships

    • brands looking for thoughtful audience-facing ideas

  • Depending on the project, collaborations may include:

    • creative ideation and concept development

    • wine-informed event or experience advisory

    • audience-facing storytelling input

    • founder or brand messaging support

    • educational/editorial collaboration

    • partnership and activation concepts

Need a strategic marketing partner?

In addition to Merobebe, I also run Media Kamo:
A marketing consultancy for founder-led brands and public-facing experts who have strong work but aren't communicating it as effectively as they could.

Who I Work With

Merobebe’s wine services are designed for private hosts, founder communities, women’s groups, brands, and organizations looking for something more thoughtful than a standard wine event.

Whether the goal is education, hospitality, community, or brand experience, I work best with clients who value warmth, substance, and intention.

What Guests Are Saying

Ready to create a wine experience your guests will always remember?

Whether you’re planning an intimate tasting, a curated gathering, or a wine-forward brand moment, I’d love to help bring it to life.