Wine Tasting Event 101 -- James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Wine tasting events can be a lot of fun and a point of discovery for all participants. A well planned wine event will not only be memorable but will also facilitate more events.

Doing a wine tasting at your house is about not just discovering and uncovering wines--they are also about building bonds between you, your family and friends.

First decide is this going to be a blind tasting or non-blind tasting. I recommend keeping the event as simple as possible. You can find a whole host of suggestions but they can be a bit over the time top.

Things to consider:

- Guest list
- Themes

What you will need:

- Wine
- Tablecloth -- absolutely valuable--a great tool to keep your table dry and clean
- Wine glasses
- Wine opener
- Wine pourer -- no matter how neat everyone is--wine does drip a bit and this is an inexpensive way of making sure it is in the glass and not only your table
- Wine tasting notes -- notes for guess to record their experience with the following categories:
- Name
- Varietal
- Color
- Nose
- Mouth / Body

- Pencils
- Water pitcher for rinsing wine glass
- Dump Bucket
- Paper bag or aluminum foil (if blind tasting)
- Marker -- number each bottle (if bling tasting)
- Music
- Copious amounts of water for guests (a bottle of water as they leave event)
Food
You may want to add other elements but it isn't necessary.

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Encourage guests to use the dump bucket for wine they may not enjoy and that they need to consume all that is poured.

And have fun!

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¡Salud!

James the Wine Guy

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