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In Reply to: RE: How best to stage a wine tasting? posted by SamA on November 04, 2018 at 13:43:10
I guess it depends what your end game is. For me tastings are learning experiences. So I do it differently.
The host pics and supplies the wines. Why? To keep the theme consistent. Usually with a group of six or more, someone in the group will fail to bring a qualifying wine. (You say bring Chardonnay from Santa Barbara and one person brings Napa)
Have a glass for each wine.
No food. Food changes wine...food means you are tasting how food changes the wines. If you have tannic wines I guess plain crackers may be helpful or...wait for it...knox blox! Gelatin cleans your palate of tannins...do with that what you will.
And btw, a great tasting is picking one wine and seeing how different foods change the wine.
Be adventurous! The world is full of wine and most of it is not expensive. Don't focus on Spain...focus on Bierzo. Don't taste Germany taste Mosel. Zero into places. And keep vintages the same. I'm not sure the point of comparing 5 wines from 2015 and one from 2014. Thats not fair or informative. Want to taste the differences weather can make? Compare the same wine from 5 vintages.
Research before the tastings...after the blind tasting, tell everyone some facts about the areas and or varietals you are tasting.
Have fun....don't be too serious. Learning can be and should be fun.
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