If you want to take a break from online dating and embrace your inner wine snob—or you just want to unleash your inner kinks—Perfect Palate New York offers an Erotic Wine Tasting Soiree to make all of those epicurean fantasies come to life.“We aim to make wine attractive to those that would otherwise be put off by the idea of attending a wine tasting because they don’t know how to pronounce Haut Medoc,” explains Hollye Chanelle, wine consultant and event coordinator for the organization. “I personally like to choose wine based on the mood and, for the Erotic Wine Tasting Soiree, all the wines are sexy as well as the foods they are paired with.”

While you may not feel like Caligula at the party—even though one lucky attendee will win a naughty gift bag at a raffle later on in the evening—it’s sure to be a feast for all of your senses. The nose will be titillated by great wine, and the taste buds will be entertained with rich chocolates, fresh oysters and other succulent treats. Music and an erotic poetry reading provide further background to “accidentally” bump into an exciting stranger or one of the “sexy sommeliers.” 

March 30, Perfect Palate New York loft, 264 Canal St. (betw. Broadway & Lafayette), 646-400-5200; 10, $85 (RSVP required).