{"id":3324,"date":"2014-05-13T19:59:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T19:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f6b.6c3.myftpupload.com\/?page_id=3324"},"modified":"2015-02-11T22:37:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:37:03","slug":"hosting-a-serious-wine-tasting-party","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/hosting-a-wine-tasting\/hosting-a-serious-wine-tasting-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosting a Serious Wine Tasting Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>For hosting a serious wine tasting party you will need:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A set of wine glasses for each taster. You may want to have each guest bring their own set of matching wine glasses. One glass is needed for each wine tasted.<\/li>\n<li>A <a title=\"Wine Scoring Sheets | Wine Tasting Forms | Wine Scorecards\" href=\"\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/hosting-a-wine-tasting\/wine-scoring-sheets-wine-tasting-forms-wine-scorecards\/\">Wine Placemat<\/a> for each taster (contains a pattern for placement of wine glasses).<\/li>\n<li>A <a title=\"Wine Scoring Sheets | Wine Tasting Forms | Wine Scorecards\" href=\"\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/hosting-a-wine-tasting\/wine-scoring-sheets-wine-tasting-forms-wine-scorecards\/\">Scoring Sheet<\/a> to evaluate and score the wines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-3584518074112100\";\n    google_ad_slot = \"3354622133\";\n    google_ad_width = 336;\n    google_ad_height = 280;\n<\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Wine Guide Main Content --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Bags to completely cover the wines. Removing the entire foil on the neck of the bottle might also be a good idea.<\/li>\n<li>A spit cup. Why? Because one can only drink so much wine before the taste buds and sense of smell fade. Plastic beer cups make for ideal spit cups.<\/li>\n<li>Plain crackers or bread sticks are needed to clear the palate.<\/li>\n<li>Open all the wines, cover them with the bags, and label each bag with a number or letter of the alphabet.<\/li>\n<li>Set the wine glasses out on the wine placemat. Fill each glass with 2 to 4 oz. of wine.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you pour the correctly labeled wine into the corresponding wine glass on the placemat.All the wine glasses should have the same amount of wine.<\/li>\n<li>There are various ways to conduct the tasting. The wines can be tasted one at a time followed by discussion. Or, each person can taste all the wines independently and then talk about the wines, and then do a taste again of any wine in doubt.<\/li>\n<li>Score the wines, tally each taster\u2019s score and then rank all the wines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Wine Tasting Club &#8211; Hosting Tips | Select a Topic<\/h4>\n<div align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-3584518074112100\";\n    google_ad_slot = \"3354622133\";\n    google_ad_width = 336;\n    google_ad_height = 280;\n<\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Wine Guide Main Content --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/hosting-a-wine-tasting\/hosting-a-fun-and-social-wine-tasting-party\/\">The Fun and Not So Serious Wine Tasting Party<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/hosting-a-wine-tasting\/hosting-a-serious-wine-tasting-party\/\">A More Formal Wine Tasting Party<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/hosting-a-wine-tasting\/starting-a-wine-club\/\">Starting A Wine Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/hosting-a-wine-tasting\/wine-scoring-sheets-wine-tasting-forms-wine-scorecards\/\">Wine Scoring Sheets and Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/hosting-a-wine-tasting\/wine-tasting-themes-tasting-ideas-for-the-wine-club\/\">Wine Themes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Checklist for Successful Wine Tasting\" href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/checklist-for-successful-wine-tasting\/\">Checklist for a Successful Wine Tasting\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3327\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hosting-wine-tasting.jpg\" alt=\"hosting-wine-tasting\" width=\"189\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For hosting a serious wine tasting party you will need: A set of wine glasses for each taster. You may want to have each guest bring their own set of matching wine glasses. One glass is needed for each wine tasted. A Wine Placemat for each taster (contains a pattern for placement of wine glasses). &#8230; <a title=\"Hosting a Serious Wine Tasting Party\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wine-enjoyment-guide\/hosting-a-wine-tasting\/hosting-a-serious-wine-tasting-party\/\" aria-label=\"More on Hosting a Serious Wine Tasting Party\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":68,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"ppma_author":[1885],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3324"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6577,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3324\/revisions\/6577"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}