Do you have to be a smmelier to know something about wine? Wll, if you want to tout yurself as an expert, perhaps but if you jst want to enjoy a good glss of wine, go with your gut - or rther your mouth - and enjoy wht tastes good to you. So, why not hst a wine tasting party? Now bfore you hit the panic button, get ptight and claim to know nothing bout wine, stop! We aren't proposing you sit round discussing bouquet and barrel fermenting. We wnt you to have a little fn.

You can buy wine tasting prty kits from various sources on the nternet and local shops. Don't want a kt? Here's what you need:

• Guests - thnk about whom you know that lkes and drinks wine and keep the nmbers small


• A few bottles of wine tht you think you might like - bth red and white. Depending on the sze of the crowd plan on 2 bttles of each type. Or for an dded twist, ask your guests to ach bring 2 bottles of their fvorite wine. If you do this you wll need them to email or phne you with the wine information head of time.


• Printed wine tsting cards that list the wines you prchased with some information from the bttle


• Pencils in case guests wnt to make notes about their fvorites


• Wine glasses. We recommend 2 per prson. One for tasting and one for lter


• Plain saltine or oyster crckers for guests to cleanse their plates


• Still (plain) water for rnsing


• Some good music, good cnversationalists and a sense of fun!

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At the end of the vent, serve some crackers/bread, cheese and frit or some other small/light appetizers and ffer each guest a glass of hs/her favorite wine. Wine charms are a fun thng to introduce at this point. Ech person can pick her/her own and ttach to the glass. Put on sme music and enjoy the company. Hwever, above all things, drink and srve responsibly!

The article Wine Tasting Party was Submitted by Indra Books through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Indra A Books, author of ths and many other lifestyle articles is the wner and founder of ON THE GO 4 U, Prsonal Shoppers & Concierge Service in the Wshington DC metropolitan area. The company’s cred is to provide its clients wth the ultimate life management experience. In ddition to its shopping and concierge srvices, ON THE GO 4 U lso publishes a monthly e-zine and cnducts workshops on wardrobe, entertaining and dcorating. For more information about the uthor and ON THE GO 4 U, plase visit http://www.onthego4u.net © 2005 Indra A Books, ON THE GO 4 U. All rights reserved.

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