Christmas Wine Tasting
I have missed being on this forum so much these past few weeks while getting ready for our wine tasting last weekend. It was a big job because I had decided to have the house totally decorated for Christmas for it. Unfortunately, I was in such a last minute rush when taking the pics before the guests arrived, most of them are not too good but thought I'd share anyway. Pour yourself a glass of wine and pretend you are here visiting with me while I walk you through it!
The first wine tasting station was near the front door. Here, we greeted guests giving them a wine glass with an individual charm on it and a note card to record which wines they liked or disliked. Although not well seen, the first wine was set here as well, it was called "Dirty Laundry", a white wine produced in Summerland, B.C.
I made wine tasting note cards for guests to record whether they liked or disliked the wine. We had chosen wines with unusual names as the ones we started with. Guests brought a bottle of wine that they wanted to try as well and lines were left blank for those ones to be added.
In lieu of host/hostess gifts for our wine tasting, we asked that guests bring a donation towards Operation Christmas Child/Samaritan's Purse, a charity we support.
At this station, we had a blush wine called "Red Guitar" (Spain) and a white wine called "Goats Do Roam" (California). An assortment of different cheeses and crackers were served at this station with more snacks and hot appies put out later. I happened upon the sign at a local store one day after setting up for our wine tasting event, and just HAD to get it!
I typed up cards displaying what was written on the back of each wine bottle as quite a few of them were humourous and if the guests didn't bring their eyeglasses, they wouldn't have been able to read them! (blurry pic unfortunately!)
This Truck Stop wine station was set up on the kitchen island and was so named as we had a red wine called "Red Truck" and a white wine called "White Truck", both from California, ready for tasting. Off to the side of the island, you see a wooden logging truck my Dad made for our son when he was little, it fit our theme for this station very well.
This wine tasting station was given a "frosty" look as it displayed the dessert wines and ice wine which went well with the many dessert squares my Mom generously made for our party.
This station was set up near the front windows of our house. The red wine we placed here was called "Gnarly Head" a product of California. Once the wine tasting party was underway, hot appetizers were passed around and then left at each of the different stations (not shown in picture).
We had 20 guests and had such a fun time! It was certainly not any "official" wine tasting but rather just a relaxed evening with friends. The note cards I made up ended up being hilarious as everyone was saying they had to "get their homework done" and "there's going to be a test" as well, some people wrote some very witty remarks that matched the names of the wine. Wonder if this will become an annual event at our house now....?
Now, I'm off to catch up on all your great posts/pics - so many at this time of year! I hope to post some pics of my Christmas decor later too. (one good thing, I'm ALL decorated now!)
DD
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