How To Hold A Holiday Wine Tasting

A wine tasting party is a good, casual holiday party for a great deal of interactive fun. Ask your guests to bring a well-liked bottle from your local region. Try mailing a handwritten note 6 weeks in advance if you're thinking about hosting a holiday party 'there is a lot of competition for the guest's time around November and December, get your event in their calendar before it fills up!

Essential Wine Tasting Party Supplies:

A Wine Aerator Wine needs to breathe, and you'll want to aerate each bottle as you open it. Minerals, oils and aromatics are released as you pour the wine through these little-circulating gadgets. The oxygen calms and mellows the flavors immediately. Lacking any aerator, some darker wines take up to 4 hours to properly breathe - you won't want to produce your guests wait hours because of their wines to get ready to serve.

More glasses! You might want to go to the dollar store or your local salvation army - you will need about 5 glasses per guest - don't worry if they don't all match, you're having a casual night, and a desk full of shining mismatched glasses is a charming sight.

A Large White Tablecloth Setup your tasting area on your largest table, with a brilliant clean white cloth underneath.

Small Notebooks and Pens You will want one notebook per guest, they can jot down their impressions and ideas in the notebook and bring it home as a particular keepsake.

Cardboard Place Cards and Markers Label each bottle on the table by placing a big neat card in front of it, like that, your guests can make notes without picking up every bottle individually. This can save lots of confusion, (and potentially spilt wine!)

Hors d'oeuvres and Snacks The usual wine-tasting fare is French-inspired, rich and flavorful - cheeses, meats, olives and other finger foods must be passed around liberally. All that drinking is bound to make your guests hungry.

Prizes! It is additionally vital to purchase several small gifts for the guests that bring the highest-ranking wines. Wine aerators, vacuum pumps and stylish wine carriers are wonderful because of this purpose.

Dessert, and a few  more bottles of wine! When the tasting has ended, pop opens more bottles and serve up a feast of seasonal sweets. Since the hard part has ended, it's time and energy to relax and enjoy your guests for the remaining night.

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