About a year and a half ago, I started hosting personal wine
parties with some of my girlfriends at my house so that we could all get
together, drink some wine, nibble on some snacks and have some girl talk. I had only invited some of my close
girlfriends and would ask that each person brought a bottle of wine (white or
red, it didn’t matter) and a small dish that paired well with the wine they
brought. We would taste each wine, but it would usually end up more of a glass
than a tasting and then some girls would taste just a few and then stick to
what they liked, without tasting the others. The event was pretty much un-organized and mostly an excuse to
drink wine and have my girlfriends over(not that there's anything wrong with that). It was fun, don’t get me wrong…but it wasn’t
what I was really trying to achieve.
So…I held off on throwing another one for quite a few
months, as I wanted to put together one that was both fun and an actual wine
tasting. I finally put together an event
that I think went really well and was a great time. J
I invited several people, men and women and asked that
everyone tell their friends. We had
about 6 people show up that were friends of a friend, so we had some new faces,faces
I haven’t seen in awhile, and of course, the usual crowd - a total of 16
people.
I held it the event at In The Red Wine Bar and Café in
Seattle, WA and I ordered the food from there so nobody had to bring a
dish. I asked that everyone (or couple)
bring a bottle of wine in a brown bag so that no one knew what it was. As they arrived, I took their wine and put it
in a common brown bag, wrote down the varietal and who brought the wine (this
was private, only for me to see) and then we began tasting each wine…1 through
15…yep that’s right – 15!
Each person was asked 3 things:
1)
What varietal were you drinking…1 -15?
2)
What wine do you think retails over $40? (this
was one that I had brought, so I knew there was one over $40)
3)
Which wine is the one you brought?
We had some good “wine-o’s” that knew their stuff pretty
well, I was impressed. Some prizes were given and like I said before…it was
just a lot of fun. I may change it a
little for the next one (which will be much sooner, but over-all I liked the
format and I’m pretty sure my guests did too.
So keep your eye out for my next one and if you weren’t able
to make to this last one, you gotta try harder on the next. J
Thanks everyone who made it so much fun and looking forward
to seeing you next time – Cheers!
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