Year in Review 2025

2025, You Were Good to Us 🍾🎉

2025 marked our 15th year— and our best year yet— welcoming thousands of guests aboard our Wine Sails on our Wine & Food Walks Walks, on 2 unforgettable Wine Wise Trips, and a growing number of Wine Club members. With a thriving and growing network of partners alongside us and a steadily expanding social audience, this year was filled with much to celebrate.

2025 By the Numbers

🍷 7,000 guests from 49 states and 111 Maine cities and towns

🦪 17,000 oysters shucked across 29 Wine & Oyster Sails and private events

⛵️ 134 Wine Sails kept us sipping and sailing in pristine Casco Bay

🦞 90 wine and food pairings across 18 Chef Series Wine & Food Sails— with Chefs Damian Sansonetti (Chaval), Paolo Laboa (Solo Italiano), Chris Gould (Central Provisions), and Mimi Weissenborn (Bites & Such)

✈️ 20 wine-loving travelers joined us on 2 Wine Wise Trips, with 8 guests traveling with us for the 3rd time

🏷️ 5,904 bottles of our wine selections delivered to Wine Club members

🎉 21,000 Instagram followers and growing

🥘 10 Wine & Food Walks partnering with 8 independent Portland restaurants

⛳️ 6 Falmouth Country Club wine dinners, outdoor wine tastings, bourbon tastings, and 2 Semi-Annual Wine Club soirées

📍 7 years of sponsoring the Portland Food Map Pocket Guide (printed), supporting Portland’s independent restaurant community

🐠 4 NEW Wine & Raw Bar Sails — the perfect addition to our Wine Sail programming with Chef Chad Egland of Scales preparing 5 courses of the freshest Maine seafood, each enjoyed with perfectly paired wines

🍾 15 years of Wine Wise, a milestone we’re incredibly proud of

Cheers to 2025 🥂

Fifteen years in, we feel incredibly lucky—and energized—by the community that surrounds us. Thank you for sharing another remarkable year with us.

Cheers to many more,

🍷 The Wine Wise Team

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