Wine Tasting Night!

Our first wine tasting night was a huge success! In fact, wine was the very thing that inspired the idea to start doing a wine tasting night with all of my favorite ladies. A few weeks ago my mom, best friend and I were drinking a few glasses of wine (we earned it after a long week.) My mom started telling us about a wine night she used to do with her friends. Thanks to her story and the buzz we had going from our wine... Wa lah! a wine tasting event was born just like that. Here's how we did it...

• Invite a small group of your favorite wine drinking friends to join in the wine tasting (10-15 is a good number) 

•Ask each attendee to bring a bottle of wine to share for the wine tasting ( red or white.) 

•We also made our event a pot luck where each ladie brought an appetizer and/or dessert of their choice.

• My mom and I bought 3 large bottles of  wine that were specifically for before the actual wine tasting (Chardonnay, Shiraz and Pinot Grigio.) This of course, got our juices flowing and paired nicely with all the food that was brought. 

•After mingling and eating we went into the room where the actual tasting would take place. 

•Each lady was given a wine score card and was instructed to score from 1-10 each wine on several categories (appearance, smell, body, taste,etc.) 

•My mom and I then began with the first red wine. We introduced the wine and poured a tasting for each lady to taste in small plastic cups we bought. 

•After serving each lady they began scoring. Each wine had it's own reaction with the crowd. 

•We went through the 7 red wines and then totaled up the score. Our winner for the reds was Liberty School. 

•At this time we took a short break to grab some more food and cleans our palettes; while we still had 5 white wines to taste.

•After the intermission we continued the wine tasting with the white wines. A Chardonnay La Cote Blanc was the crowd favorite. 

•Once all the wines were tasted we allowed everyone to fill up a real glass with the wine of their choice. 

•Everyone raved about the tasting and we plan on having another one after the Holidays!!! 

Here are some pictures from the Event:

***Thank you to all the ladies that attended. The best part of any wine tasting is spending time and sharing laughs with good people! Love you all.