Tips on Choosing Wines for a Tasting Party

CHOOSING WINES FOR A TASTING PARTY When hosting a wine tasting party, having a theme in mind can help with selecting which wines to offer for tasting.

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Choosing Wines for a Tasting Party Particularly for novice wine tasters, having set definitions and categories can make it easier to judge and offer opinions.

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Price Per Bottle Choosing a selection of wines that have a similar cost per bottle, or grouping them together according to value, can be a great way of finding a fantastic new wine at a specific price point.

Regions Grouping or dividing wines by region can help give people something to think about when tasting. This can involve having one wine from each chosen region, or a themed night based around wines from one particular region for comparison.

Styles When people are tasting wines that can all be defined as a similar style, it can help widen the vocabulary as each taster is forced to think outside of generic descriptions. If all the wines are ‘big, bold reds’ or ‘sharp crisp whites’, the tasters will have to dig deeper when describing and therefore will likely get more out of the experience.

Blind wine tasting helps to remove any prejudices that people may have based on the labels or appearance of the bottles.

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