A tasting form gets everyone involved as you host a tasting party. The sheet for scoring and commenting about the different wines will take into account each of the guest's scores for the different aspects of wine.
Scores for aroma, color, finish, mouth-feel and flavor are required. A wine party enables guests to really focus on each of the selected bottles. Guests also need to jot down their personal impression of each of the wines.
As guests begin to talk about their personal opinions, conversations between them develop, making this a great icebreaker idea for any kind of party. In addition, you can give scoring sheets along with some wine to someone you know happens to love wine in a basket or separately.
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What to record on your wine tasting sheet? Hosting a wine tasting party is a lot of fun. Be sure to download a copy of our free wine scoring sheet template to record your tasting notes and tally the scores. Even the expert wine tasters use the blind method for tasting each wine because they don't want to be unfairly influenced to judging a wine based on what is on the label.
Most wine scoring party guides also recommend beginners also try blind tasting and recording scores on a sheet or card so that when the wines are revealed your can compare your wine tasting score sheet against, or with, the other guests. There can be many surprises. For example have a bottle of a cheap wine in the mix just to see if the crowd can tell the difference from more expensive bottles. Once you start to compare wine tasting notes, each glass gets its own consideration.
When hosting the party you can use wines bought on recent getaway weekends to the wine country, or take a wine tour of your favorite wineries. Other themes to consider are French versus Italian wines, or a world tour that includes a bottle from Australia, South Africa, Napa Valley and a selection of European wines. One thing to keep in mind is to limit the tastings to just red or just white wines at a time. Another factor is not to mix a tasting of dry wines with sweet wines. Keep the drys separate from the sweet because they don't mix well going back and forth.
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