Starting Your Own Wine Tasting Club

If spending an intimate evening with your friends drinking good wine and eating delicious food sounds like a good time then you might want to start your own wine tasting club.

A wine tasting club helps you to learn more about wine from different parts of the world in a friendly environment. It takes out all the intimidation of trying to keep up with so called wine experts.

It’s a fun and relaxing activity to indulge in once a week and is also a great way to meet new people who share a common interest in wine and food. There are a few pointers on starting a successful wine tasting club.

The Perfect Number

When you are looking at numbers for your wine tasting club you need to find a balance so that you can have an intimate gathering but at the same time a group big enough to have fun. You want to keep the numbers limited to a maximum of 30 people. Though a too small group is no fun either. Members need to take turns hosting the meetings so a small number might mean that you find yourself hosting more than you would like to.

Equal Tasks

Whether you are choosing an international wine club selection or local wines it is important to divide the labor for the meeting evenly. The host cannot be expected to prepare a menu, deliver a talk on the wine, and pick up the wines. Assign the tasks evenly so that every member gets a chance to pitch in and no one feels like they put in more work than anyone else. Make it clear when you are about to start your wine tasting club that these are the rules.

Number Of Wines

A wine tasting club is supposed to be a fun event so make sure that it doesn’t drag on forever. To do this you need to make sure that there is just the right amount of wine for everyone. Too many different types of wine and the tasting will carry on longer than is comfortable. Limit yourselves to about six different types of wine.

This way you can divide the tasting evenly with three wines to start, some food, and then the last three wines. You might want to change this a little depending on how big your group is or how long the group would like the tasting to go on for. Don’t forget to have fun!