Sickof doing the same thing on Friday and Saturday nights? Want to get out of thesame old routine of going to clubs and bars? Why not hold your own wine-tastingevening? It is a perfect way to have a laugh with friends and also get to knowa few different wines.

Thereare several different ways of holding a wine tasting:

Thefirst way is to pick a type of wine that everybody likes, for instanceSauvignon Blanc. The next step is to give each person a different type ofSauvignon Blanc to bring. Depending on your budget, you could ask people to buyfrom a certain country, a certain price range, or just from a certain retailer.As the host, you need to provide nibbles and a score sheet for everyone to markthe wines on. You also need a roll of foil and some labels numbered one tohowever many guests are bringing wine. As guests arrive, take the wine theybrought you and wrap the bottle in foil. When everyone has arrived, uncork thebottles and then stick the numbers at random on all the wine bottles, you mightwant to leave the last to arrive some time to chill and hence give it a biggernumber. You and your guests then get to taste all the wines, make notes on theones that they think are the best and choose their favourite wine. Wheneveryone has tried the wine, unwrap the bottles. You will be surprised whichone you picked, which one was not worth the extra price, and which one theparty as a whole liked the most.

Analternative wine tasting would be of a more fundamental nature. Everyone bringsa bottle of wine (it might be better to stick to either red or white if thereare going to be a lot of different wines ? mixing the two can have disasterousconsequences), and then the fun begins. If you give everyone a piece of paper,they can write down what they like about each wine, and then by the end of theevening they will have a favourite, or just be merrily drunk. Either way, thismeans that you will have held an excellent party.

Wineis a fun drink, so why not have some fun with it and learn which ones are yourfavourite at the same time. For more information on wines, why not go to anonline wine retailer? There is information on different types of wine, whatthey work well with, and great deals to take advantage of.