What Is the
Best Wine for You?
Your taste. Your meal. Your moment. Your budget.
Which One Sounds Like You?
A dinner you want to get right. A wine list that is not selling. A hundred client gifts. A cellar with no plan. Four different problems, and four different answers.
One bottle, and it has to be right.
An anniversary, a gift, a dinner you care about, or a restaurant list you cannot read. Tell Guy the occasion and the budget; you get three to five specific bottles and what to eat with them.
Ask Guy Personal Wine Advice, $99For restaurantsIs your wine list earning its keep?
Send it over and Guy reads it the way your guests do: structure, price points, pairing gaps and what your floor staff can actually sell. The first read costs nothing.
Rate My Wine List Business Wine Review, $399For businessForty gifts, one standard to hold.
Client and employee gifting, board dinners and hosted tastings. Guy matches the wine to the recipients and the budget and writes the plan, with options at more than one price. You buy it wherever you prefer.
Tell us the occasion Business Wine Review, $399For collectorsWhich bottles are worth the space?
Up to twenty-five bottles chosen around your taste and your cellar, in a written plan that says what to drink now, what to hold and what to stop buying.
Plan my collection Signature Wine Partnership, $999
Hello, I'm Guy.
Tell me what you're eating, what you enjoy, and what you want to spend. That is where the right bottle starts, and it is the same whether you are opening a Tuesday red or building a cellar.
“I don't recommend wine by points. I recommend wine by people.”Guy LeLarge
Every pour tells a story.
He listens first
Your table, your taste, and what you actually enjoy drinking.
The right bottle
Past the hype and the scores, at the price you wanted to spend.
You pour with confidence
No pretense, no pressure. Just a glass you are glad you chose.
Personal Wine Advice
30 minute private consultation, taste preference review, meal and occasion review.
The first 30 minute consultation is free. Consultation time after that is $295 per hour, agreed with you before it is booked.
“The best bottle isn't always the most expensive.”Guy LeLarge
Why People Come Back
100% Independent
No winery commissions. Our only allegiance is to your table.
Three Decades In
Wine shops, tastings, and family vineyards off the beaten path.
Never Pretentious
Plain English, so you can choose with confidence next time too.
Your Budget Respected
Extraordinary bottles from $25 to $500.
Not Sure What to Choose?
Send the bottle, the wine list, or the meal you are weighing up.
Buy Better Wine.
Avoid Expensive Mistakes.
Guy's Guide to Buying Better Wine is a short, plain English guide to spending your money well: what actually changes the wine in the glass, what to ignore, and how to walk into any shop or list with a plan.
Common questions
How do I choose the best wine for a meal?
Start with the meal, not the grape. Decide what is on the plate first, then match the weight of the wine to the richness and texture of the food. Red with meat and white with fish is too crude to be much use; a light red will sit better with a delicate dish than a heavy white will.
What does a private wine consultation cost?
The first 30 minute consultation is free, and consultation time after that is $295 per hour. Personal Wine Advice is $99 and covers your taste preferences, the meal and the occasion, your budget, three to five recommendations with pairing notes, a written summary, and one follow up question afterwards.
Do I need to know anything about wine first?
No. Tell Guy what you are eating, what you enjoy, roughly what you want to spend and who you are sharing it with. That is enough to start, and it is the normal starting point rather than the exception.
Does Best Wine For You sell wine?
No. It is an independent advisory service and does not sell alcohol. There are no winery commissions and no sponsored recommendations, so there is nothing to push. Wine purchasing, delivery, venue, travel, and other third party costs may be quoted separately depending on the experience.
Is the most expensive bottle the best one?
No. Price and quality track each other for a while and then stop, usually sooner than people expect. The best wine is the one that fits the person, the moment, the food and the budget, which is often a $35 bottle rather than a $300 one.
Do you work with restaurants and businesses?
Yes. The Business Wine Review at $399 is the entry point for restaurants, hotels, event venues and corporate buyers. It covers a wine list and pairing review, or corporate gifting and client dinner recommendations, returned as a written plan.