ClairefromClare
Give 'em Helen!
For some time now, we've been hosting wine tasting parties. Rules are fairly simple: we search out a wine that's not well known but readily available and set a reasonable price point--usually $20 maximum. Invite four couples. Each is to bring a bottle of that wine in an unmarked bag. We taste them blind, discussing as we go. Vote on our favorite and give a prize to the winner. Then we drink all the wine with dinner.
It's fun, because even grownups need party games. As a result of this, we were drinking Malbec (for instance) before anyone else had ever heard of it. Ditto South African Pinotage and a few others.
We started donating this event as an auction item for some local charities, and all of a sudden we're hosting one or two of these a month. Fun but tiring.
My real problem is that I'm running out of wines to assign! It gets boring for us to taste the same wine multiple times.
So--we're hosting our last this year in about three weeks, and I have no clue what wine to assign. Ideas? It can be red or white, but should go with cold-weather, hearty food. I figure beef tenderloin with a spice rub for read or stuffed pork loin with white, but could be convinced otherwise.
Thanks!
It's fun, because even grownups need party games. As a result of this, we were drinking Malbec (for instance) before anyone else had ever heard of it. Ditto South African Pinotage and a few others.
We started donating this event as an auction item for some local charities, and all of a sudden we're hosting one or two of these a month. Fun but tiring.
My real problem is that I'm running out of wines to assign! It gets boring for us to taste the same wine multiple times.
So--we're hosting our last this year in about three weeks, and I have no clue what wine to assign. Ideas? It can be red or white, but should go with cold-weather, hearty food. I figure beef tenderloin with a spice rub for read or stuffed pork loin with white, but could be convinced otherwise.
Thanks!
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