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Holding a Home Wine Tasting Party Will Expand your Knowledge of Wines
A home wine tasting party is a good way to get to know various wines that are available. You can also make these informal occasions great events in which you can have friends over and find out what they think about these wines. As there are so many different types of wines for you to choose from you will want to make your selections carefully.
As a home wine tasting party is informal in nature you should decide exactly what are the different foods that you will be serving to keep the party from disintegrating into a drinking party. As this home wine tasting party is to learn about the various wines that can be used for various meals and other occasions you should make sure that your guests are not overwhelmed with a lot of wines.
And since you primarily want a home wine tasting party to expand the knowledge of the wines and it’s always a good idea if everyone’s relaxed, you might want to let everyone mingle as they drink the wine. This way you can talk with amongst [...]
Wine Tasting Party Secrets
Most wine lovers, at some point, have taken the opportunity to participate in a wine tasting. In many cases, the tastings were sponsored by a commercial winery. Sometimes local merchants who sell wine will have a tasting. Even cruise lines have wine tastings on many cruises. However, did you know that it’s quite possible to turn your home bar, or wine bar, into a very professional wine tasting event!
Of course your wine tasting doesn’t necessarily have to be “professional”, but i’m sure you’d like it to be authentic and fun. This article will provide some keys to a successful wine tasting.
Home wine tasings should be rather small gatherings. Anywhere from 4-8 friends is perfect. Tell your friends to each bring a bottle of wine in a specific price range. Now, there are two schools of thought on the types of wine to bring. Some wine tastings feature all of the same type of wine, a Merlot, for example. Other tastings feature a variety of different types of wines. The single type of wine tasting is not as challenging to the [...]
Wine Tasting – a Guide to Wine Tasting Events
Wine tasting events are becoming more and more popular. From college classrooms to vacations to Napa Valley, if you’re going to a wine tasting event and aren’t familiar with the protocol, you’ll stick out like a sore thumb.
The first thing to note when you go to a wine tasting event is that the staff at various tasting rooms are there to help educate you, not be snooty. It is perfectly acceptable to bring a pad of paper and a pen to take notes. Also, if the staff member doesn’t mention a type of wine that you’re interested in, it’s okay to ask for a specific kind.
The order of the wines usually goes from light to heavy and then from dry to sweet. Since some wines don’t follow others very well, it’s best to take the staff’s advice when deciding which wines to try first. You don’t have to try every wine that is offered to you, and you don’t have to finish the entire glass that is poured for you. If you find one that you don’t like, discreetly dump [...]
Wine Guide – Wine Tasting Made Easy
There’s no great mystery to wine tasting – it simply is what it says. Tasting the flavors in the grape and learning to appreciate the differences between the different varieties on offer.
If you’ve never done it before then try it at home, perhaps with a few friends. First take three of four different varieties of wine (red, white, rose – or a mixture of all three). It should be a light-hearted occasion with perhaps everyone contributing a bottle. Make a note of each bottle’s name, its manufacturer and year produced and arm yourself with a glass for each bottle and a notepad for your findings.
Opening Correctly
Open the bottle with a good opener being sure not to leave any cork behind in the bottle, as this can affect the taste and opacity of the wine.
Checking the Color
Now pour a little wine into the glass (a fifth of a glass is adequate for tasting purposes). Notice the color of the wine as it enters the glass and hold it up to the light so that you take a better look at it’s [...]
An Informational Guide to Wine Tasting
Think that you aren’t sophisticated enough or don’t fit in the right income bracket to enjoy wine-tasting? Think again. These tips will help you fake your way through a wine-tasting session – or develop a lifelong Epicurean hobby (the finest pleasures, not the most!).
Supplies – All you really need is a good wine glass, some wine, and preferably some good company.
Glasses – Obviously if you are at a wine-tasting party or tasting the wares at a winery you won’t be bringing your own glass (or wine, for that!), but when you decide that it is time to get your own wine glasses first look for a clear glass (you definitely want to be able to see the color, especially as a beginner). Your glass should curve in a bit at the top so you can swirl it without spilling. Some companies try to sell glasses that are supposedly matched to certain wine types, but taste-tests have shown that people rarely prefer wine from it’s matching glass. Instead, a good hand blown crystal glass is often preferred.
Wines – There is way [...]
Wine Tasting Placemat – 13 x 18 Placemat
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Clef du Vin Pocket Wine Tasting Tool (Brushed Steel
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Product DescriptionMature young wine instantly. When dipped into wine, the patented metal alloy on the tip replicates the aging process, softening the tannins in young wines and improving their taste. Tested over 10 years by scientists and sommeliers, this compact taste enhancer has received praise throughout Europe, and is endorsed by the Wine Enthusiast Magazine testing panel. Bring it to restaurants, wine shops and tastings! Comes in a gift box. (Pocket Version) Lets you see … More >>
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DeLong’s Wine Tasting Notebook
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Product DescriptionSimple, inexpensive and elegant way to learn about wine. Wine tasting forms put the repetitve parts of a note in a convenient multiple choice, useful for pros and beginners.
Wine Tasting Terms help build your wine tasting vocabulary.
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DeLong’s Wine Tasting Notebook
Winerd Wine Trivia and Blind Tasting Board Game
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Product DescriptionOur Winerd game is the perfect way to turn your passion for wine into laughter with friends. Creator Tamara Leigh Murphy paired fun wine trivia questions with an innovative spin on blind tasting to create a wine trivia board game that is a HUGE hit and has been featured on the Today Show and on the Wine Spectator Gift Guide…. More >>
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Teach Yourself Wine Tasting
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Product DescriptionThis full-colour, large-format book takes a radically different approach from the traditional geographical perspective and instead, looks at wines grouped by style: dry whites, medium whites, sweet whites, through to dry reds, sparkling and fortified wines. The advantage of this approach is that the reader can really begin to understand the varieties and tastes of wine and gain the ability to compare similar types of wine. It focuses heavily on practical wine tastin… More >>
Teach Yourself Wine Tasting
