What could be more fun or easy to throw than a wine tasting party? The winery has done all the work. All that's left is to choose some grapes and flavors, tasting techniques and a few complementary bites.
Hosting a wine tasting or a wine and cheese party is an excellent way to discover new wines, show off your wine knowledge or learn about tasting techniques. Cheers!
An excerpt from Fete Accompli! Workbook - The Ultimate Party Planning Guide by Lara Shriftman and Elizabeth Harrison.If you have a bar in your home and entertain often, its a good idea to always keep your bar stocked with the basic necessities. But what are the basic necessities? In addition to having your own favorites on hand, here is a list of the liquors, garnishes and mixers every at home bar should never be without.
With such a wide variety of wines on the market, learning the differences between them and finding your personal preferences can be quite a task. Sure, it's nice to try wines one at a time, but why not grab a few bottles, a few friends, and have yourself a wine tasting party? With a little pre-planning, you can host a wine tasting like an expert!
We would all love to have a temperature and humidity controlled wine cellar, but space limitations, expense or too little wine can make it difficult to justify. If you are lucky enough to have space for a wine cellar, bravo, you're a step ahead and p...
Contrary to popular belief, there are no hard and fast rules for matching food with wine. The best way to learn is try any wine with any recipe. Look for how the food complements the wine or doesn't complement. If the food overpowers the wine, then obviously that isn't the right match.
There really is no right or wrong glass for wine tasting - or for drinking wine for that matter. However, there are some glasses that are better than others for evaluating wines.
You can certainly review many books written on the subject of wine (and there are plenty!), but the best way to truly enhance your understanding is to taste the wines themselves. While reading covers the more academic side of wine, tasting is more en...
Want a memory that will last a lifetime? Indulge yourself on a birthday, anniversary, or any occasion with a Wine Tasting Party Experience.The hottest trend in parties, these experiences offer unique ways to cele...
Michael's New York is known for its clientel-big name media personalities! Hidden just off of 5th Avenue on 55th Street, below Central Park, the restaurant used to be the location of the historic Rockefeller Center concourse, in other words, it was m...
Right off of Madison Square Park, in the heart of New York City, A Voce is a hidden gem: a place where the food is reviewed to be classically Italian (without any Pan-Asian, New American influences) and where you'd be out of place without a glass of ...
Even when you're in New York City, you're never really too far away from ol' Paris. Right in the heart of NYC's chic and trendy SoHo neighborhood, you find New York's favorite French restaurant, the Balthazar. Once you step inside, you'll find your...
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