Comments on: 5 Tips for Planning a Wine Party

By: Zoe Campos

Zoe Campos — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:14:02 +0000

It’s great that you elaborated on the importance of not having high-tannin wines if I were to serve them to novices. None of my family members are heavy drinkers and I only want to add wine to our dinner for a more classic touch. It might be better to just have two bottles delivered to my apartment before they come over so I can taste it beforehand.

By: bms00

bms00 — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 03:29:08 +0000

Great suggestions. This sounds like an easy party to plan due to the small number of guests. As far as food pairings are concerned, I would think the cheeses would be almost as important as the wines!

By: Casiox

Casiox — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 12:29:28 +0000

These are some good tips, especially for those who have wine lover friends! That would be such a cool experience to live along with the people you love the most after your family. Thank you for sharing this!

By: rz3300

rz3300 — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:52:18 +0000

Well to be quite honest, I think that wine parties are things that are best left to other people to throw. I will attend them, and eat and drink and be merry, but when it comes to preparing and thinking of themes, I would not really be of much assistance. I am not big on themes, in general, and I am not sure I would come up with anything good. I love the tips though, and thanks for sharing.

By: ukfoodiegirl

ukfoodiegirl — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 07:57:07 +0000

While the idea of a refined, sophisticated wine party sounds super, I fear that any such gathering of my friends and I would start well, and end badly; we would just drink everything in sight and forget about any kind of ‘cultured’ aspects of the evening!

By: lflower708

lflower708 — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:16:09 +0000

This is such a wonderful idea! I never thought to just have a wine party with friends. When having meetings at home I always have wine and snacks but this is a great tool to use when planning a cozy get together with friends!

By: missbishi

missbishi — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 01:43:01 +0000

What’s the difference between a wine party and a regular party? I assume that a wine party might be slightly more civilized than the keg parties I attended as a student, but a little less formal than a sit-down dinner party. In any case, any parties I hold at home always include wine and lots of it!

By: oleskool

oleskool — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 21:29:32 +0000

In reply to Kittyworker. I don't really like to entertain but having a small wine party is something I can do with no problem. A group of people to talk with about something interesting like maybe a book or movie, share some wine and a little bit of food sounds like fun. I will start to work on my group soon.

By: Kittyworker

Kittyworker — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:38:27 +0000

Some great tips. It can be a lot of work planning parties and these are definitely important things to keep in mind. It can be hard to keep it small although it is much more manageable!

By: tulosai

tulosai — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:33:00 +0000

This was really the perfect article for me to stumble upon since it had never occurred to me to throw a wine party, but now I can’t stop thinking about how much fun it would be! I think the tip about needing to think about the order is especially useful, since this is something I’m not always very good at… even when I get flights in restaurants I usually end up being ‘bad’ and going out of order.

I also think the tip to keep it relatively small is sensible, though I might have more than just 4 people- O tend to think it’s more fun when more people can sit around the table and talk at gatherings like this. Thanks for the suggestions!