How to Start a Wine Tasting Club
Explore new wines with your friends and family by starting a wine-tasting club. It's easy, costs virtually no money and can be started quickly. Expand your knowledge of the types of wine by starting your own wine tasting club. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Red or white wine glasses
- Red or white wine
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
- Spit buckets
Instructions
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Make a list of the people you want to invite to join the wine-tasting club. Contact them by telephone or email.
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Keep track of everyone that has responded with interest. Knowing how many people to expect for the gathering will help you determine how many bottles of wine and how many wine glasses you will need.
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Plan to serve a few light snacks. Make a cheese-and-cracker tray with out-of-the-ordinary cheeses such as Havarti, Jarlsberg or Boursin.
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Begin the festivities by tasting either red or white wine. As club members become more experienced in wine tasting, move on to tasting both red and white at one meeting.
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Set up the table. Put several different wine glasses in front of each guest's seat. For example, if you are tasting four red wines, use four different glasses. Place spit buckets (for emptying unwanted wine) on the table above the stemware settings so no one must look at the contents of the bucket.
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Tips & Warnings
Provide a spit bucket for every two people.
Have water on hand to cleanse your palate after each type of wine is tasted so the flavors of different wines do not intermingle.
Keep the wine tasting club relatively small, around 8 to 10 people. This size is perfect for keeping conversations intimate and prevents people from shouting over one another.
Be wary of those who overindulge if you do not provide spit buckets. Keep a few high-protein and/or high carbohydrate snacks on hand to help slow the absorption of alcohol.
Always taste white wine first. If you taste red wine first, the white wine flavors will be overpowered.
