| Holding a wine tasting party can be a really great | | | | tasting. There are other types that include things |
| way to gather all your friends in one place to | | | | such as chocolate, tasting based on the price and |
| have fun with an activity that is becoming more | | | | of course comparing older wines to new ones. |
| and more popular. The tasting of wine is | | | | Prior to choosing what type of wine tasting party |
| something done both for enjoyment and also as a | | | | you are going to have, make sure that you take |
| profession. Whether you do it purely for | | | | the sort of people that will be your guest at the |
| enjoyment or whether you are a professional | | | | party. The next thing to do is to get enough |
| wine taster, the learning opportunities help to | | | | note-cards for every guest, this allows them to |
| make it even more enjoyable. There are many | | | | record their thoughts for each of the wines they |
| people who will choose to go to a wine tasting | | | | taste. These cards can be pre-filled with the |
| course, class or event prior to holding their own | | | | various details on each of the wines, or you can |
| wine tasting party so that they know enough | | | | provide blank ones for the guests to fill in |
| about it. | | | | themselves |
| An important thing to understand when you are | | | | To make sure that your party is a social success, |
| holding a wine tasting party, is the order in which | | | | make the effort to get a bit creative with it. A |
| the wines are tasted. With the whites make sure | | | | great way of doing that is to introduce tasting |
| that the the dry whites are tasted first and then | | | | games into the mix. There are several that you |
| graduate to the sweeter ones. With the reds, | | | | could use for such an occasion. There are even |
| make sure that the lighter wines are tasted first | | | | commercial wine tasting party games that you |
| and then move to the heavier ones. Also it is a | | | | can buy online. One such game is to have a "blind" |
| good idea to begin with newer wines at the | | | | tasting. Normally this means to remove the labels |
| beginning of the party and get to the more | | | | from the bottles and then perform what is |
| mature wines during the course of your wine | | | | essentially a guessing game. You can spice this up |
| tasting party. Make sure that the amounts given | | | | by making it more literally "blind" by using blindfolds |
| to the guests are no more than approximately | | | | as well. Then the person who has the most |
| two ounces in each glass, this ensures they get | | | | correct guesses can be awarded a prize. Another |
| to enjoy the whole party. | | | | great idea is to have a "wine trivia" game, a bit |
| Party Planning | | | | like trivial pursuit, but with the questions all related |
| When you decide to arrange the party, the first | | | | to wine. The possibilities are endless. |
| thing that needs to be considered is the type of | | | | The last thing to remember is that you can |
| tasting that will be occurring.There are actually | | | | theme the wine tasting party, perhaps making it a |
| quite a few categories of wine tasting, it can | | | | very sophisticated event. This allows you to |
| even be coupled with cheeses, other variations of | | | | decorate the venue accordingly and the ladies get |
| tasting include vertical tasting and horizontal | | | | to dress up. |