Let me start by saying I'm a wine noobie and have just got started in the last 6 months or so.
Every tuesday night I have a small group of guys over and we drink whisky mostly with some rum here and there and one guy makes a home brew beer, and we drink this stuff and smoke cigars while listening to music in my basement. Since I have buying a small quantity of wine, (approximately 40 bottles so far)they have been eagle eying it and saying we need to open some and see what it tastes like. Then one guy said his wife said we better not do that unless the wives were invited to this special event. That event is just a few days away now, and everyone is bringing finger food. There will be 10 of us total.
I have wine from California, South America, South Africa, Australia, Italy, and Germany that I can name off the top of my head. The wines are all different types like the Chardonneys, Merlot, Cabernet, etc. Now my question. What does one do at one of these. I have never attended one or hosted one. Do we open like 6 bottles at once and have at it, or do we pick one and we all share one bottle til its done? I had thought about going around the world so to speak, like starting with a california wine, then going to south america, then south africa, then australia, etc etc. Or do you let each guest pick a bottle that interests them.
Any help you guys can shed here will be truly appreciated. If I'm going about this all wrong I sure would like to hear it, or if I'm doing alright I'd like to know. I was just trying not to be a dufus and have a plan so when guest show up we can get started. Also I should point out that where I live wine tasting parties are non existant. Our town is 800 population and our whole county is 1575 people, so fancy events are mostly unheard of.
Sincerely.....
Ron (Frazz)