Making teapots

Teapot Workshop and Wine Tasting in Sonoma!

Sunday, October 12, 2025
One-day hand-building teapot workshop and wine tasting hosted by Quail Run winery in Sonoma Valley.


Experience QUAIL RUN at Home

The Keating Family presents QUAIL RUN Cabernet Sauvignon. Grown exclusively on the family estate in Sonoma Valley, QUAIL RUN distinctly represents the terroir where California’s wine-making history began.

QUAIL RUN has a bright purple color with aromas of dark fruit and spice. It is well balanced with moderate tannins. Notes of chocolate leave a very pleasant finish.

Visit:www.quailrunwines.com

Join Miki Shim and Quail Run Wines for a one-day teapot workshop and wine tasting in Sonoma Valley, California.

Sunday, October 12th, 2025
10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Hand-building Workshop
6 p.m.-7 p.m., Quail Run Wines Wine Tasting

$325 per person, 10 person max participant
Includes morning refreshments, lunch and wine tasting.

Bring your hand-building tools, and inspirations. Together we will make your ideas come to life and make it functional with a pour to boast!

Participants will use hand building techniques to design and construct functional and decorative teapots lead by Miki Shim.

Your day will start with light refreshments, introductions and a warm up exercise of making a pinched and coiled teapot. We will familiarize ourselves with all the pieces and parts and talk about best practices on what makes a teapot, a teapot, and how to make a pour that doesn’t dribble!

After a brief demonstration on our next teapot form, we will use variety or methods including slabs, templates and textures to make the next teapot.

After a lunch break, we will finalize the construction of the work in progress and discuss glazing techniques and finishing options.

Whether you decide to make it super functional or purely decorative or somewhere in the middle, this workshop will sure to inspire more teapots on your clay journey.

Registration includes: Clay, morning refreshments, afternoon lunch, and wine tasting at 6pm. Please inform dietary restrictions if any.

Please bring:
A sketch book of ideas, optionally, your favorite hand-building tools and texture tools and mats.

Firings are not included.
Please bring a box to take your finished wares with you.