Phoenix 6 Really Fun Theme Ideas for Your Next Wine Tasting Party WINE PARTIES So you’re going to have a celebration like a girl’s night in, spa night, THE SOURCE FOR bachelorette party, baby shower, or something fun like that. You might EXTRAORDINARY WINE consider having a wine tasting as part of your party. TASTINGS IN YOUR HOME If you plan on hosting a wine tasting party but you don’t have any idea on where to start, please contact Phoenix Wine Parties and we will handle everything for you. In the mean time, there are quite a few ways on how you can start your party. There are 6 wine tasting party themes that you could try, which is guaranteed to make it a fun and successful wine tasting party you will remember for a long time. Wine tasting parties are a lot of fun and it takes some effort and wine knowledge for people to plan and host one. If you are starting to plan on hosting a wine tasting party, then you need to keep in mind that you should first choose a theme for your party. So, here are six theme ideas that you can use for your wine tasting party. Theme #1 The first is called the Horizontal Wine Tasting. With this theme, you will only focus on one wine variety from a single year. However, each wine will come from multiple vineyards and different producers. For example, you can focus on a 2000 Chenin Blanc from five or seven different wine producers or wineries. You will consider whether you like to taste wines from the same region or you want to mix it up by tasting the same type of wine that comes from different wineries, such as from California, Australia or Italy. Theme #2 The second is called Vertical Wine Tasting. Here, the wine tastings are conducted by tasting just one variety of wine. For example, you will only concentrate on tasting the Chenin Blanc from the same producer. PHOENIX WINE PARTIES However, the wines will be in different vintages or years. 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By just tasting, your guests should determine which wine is worth $120.00 a bottle and which one is worth $10.00 per bottle. This is always very interesting and fun for your guests and gets them really engaged in the activities and talking with others. Theme #4 Price Point Wine Tasting is another great wine tasting party theme that you may want to try. In this tasting, the wines featured will be in a similar price range. The goal here is to keep the wines comparable in a baseline price that is quite flexible for you to organize when it comes to buying the wine. Don’t want to deal with all of this? Contact Phoenix Wine Parties to do it for you. Theme #5 Another theme is called the Big Eight Wine Tasting. What you would do is get your guests to work their way through eight different kinds of wines and determine which one they prefer. This will also give your guests, particularly the ones that are not very "in" to wines a new appreciation for the different kinds of wine. The big eight wines are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz, and Pinot Noir for red wines, and Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Chardonnay, and Pinot Grigio for white wines. Theme #6 Lastly, the Blind Wine Tasting theme can also work for your party. Just PHOENIX WINE PARTIES take any of the previous themes, remove the labels from the bottles or put the bottles in wine bags and you have a blind wine tasting party that PETER JUNEJA not have any ideas as to what wine they taste, it will definitely be 602.317.1349 interesting to know which kind of wine they prefer without looking at [email protected] PHOENIX WINE PARTIES WWW.PHOENIXWINEPARTIES.COM[Type text] WWW.PHOENIXWINEPARTIES.COM [Type text] [Type text] Phoenix 6 Really Fun Theme Ideas for Your Next Wine Tasting Party WINE PARTIES the label or at the price of the wine. This is really great for newbies to THE SOURCE FOR get a real feel for their likes and dislikes. Once they learn what they like EXTRAORDINARY WINE they can learn more about it. This is also fun for those who are more TASTINGS IN YOUR HOME familiar with wine to brush up on their skills and have fun. These are the six wine tasting themes that will surely make your wine tasting party a lot of fun and something for you and your guests to remember for a long time to come. Contact Phoenix Wine Parties to handle all these details for your next wine party. Let us set up your next wine tasting. Phoenix Wine Parties www.phoenixwineparties.com [email protected] 602.317.1349 PHOENIX WINE PARTIES PETER JUNEJA 602.317.1349 [email protected] PHOENIX WINE PARTIES WWW.PHOENIXWINEPARTIES.COM[Type text] WWW.PHOENIXWINEPARTIES.COM [Type text] [Type text] .