parties
A Wine Tasting party is great fun and it doesn’t have to cost the earth.
We can find a venue for you or we can come to your offices, or your home. Home wine tastings are proving very popular in this recession as you don’t have venue costs to add. We bring everything - all the glasses, wine, tutor and food too if you want it included, a full buffet or just nibbles. Entertaining at home has never been so easy! Minimum numbers are 8 – maximum are 200.
These events are fun and informal and we can introduce competitions and quizzes to get everyone involved and into the party mood.
For example
1. Champagne vs Sparkling Wine
Can you tell the difference between a good sparkling and Champagne? We will show 2 wines interesting to see if people can tell them apart! Great as an ice-breaker as everyone loves the bubbly.
2. Call My Bluff
We can use our tutors, or we can use individuals from each team, but this is based on the TV series. Teams will taste 3 wines, and there will be 3 descriptions of each read out loud. Teams have to decide which one is the truthful one.
3. Major Grapes
Here teams will taste 3 of the main major grape varieties e.g. chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, merlot, cab sav, riesling and pinot noir. Each team has to provide a detailed description of each wine – the most accurate wins. Obviously we help them do this and we do encourage some outrageous adjectives, a great fun round.
4. Blind Tasting
Wines the teams will have tasted in the previous rounds will be poured ‘blind’ with the teams having to deduce which wine is which – see how their notes and tastebuds can remember what’s gone before.
5. General Knowledge
Lots of questions on wine and wine/food combinations, including best wine description of the night.
6. Wine Casino
Think you’re an expert on fine wines – try and outbid your rivals to bid for the best vintages.
Know Your Grapes – fun wine tasting in the City
Chateau Harry is running a series of wine and food matching tastings in the heart of the City held monthly on selected Saturday afternoons. We will show 9 different wines concentrating on the 9 major grape varieties:
Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvingon, Shiraz and Semillon.
But this is more than a simple wine tasting – here you will see how the wines match with a 4 course menu included too. The idea is to get to know the major grapes, so you can see which is your favourite, but also experience how food harmonises with the wines to change your opinions.
Your host for each afternoon will be Chateau Harry himself.
“Everyone thinks they know these wines – e.g. not Chardonnay again! But we want to show how prejudice has got in the way of some fantastic wines. This is an opportunity to re-evaluate these grapes and most importantly match them with the right foods. You’ll have fun and you’ll leave the tasting very merry and bright!“
The cost is £125 per person. Timing is 2.30 – 5.30pm. A great opportunity to entertain friends, family or just to enjoy yourself.
Our venue is situated on the banks of the Thames overloooking Tate Modern, with fantastic views of the river.
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Hors d'oeuvres
Scottish Sirloin Beef with new potatoes and variety of salads
(selection of vegetarian or non meat alternatives – please let us know in advance)
Roquefort cheese, biscuits, crudités
Tart au Citron
Dates of Know Your Grapes Tastings 2011:
23 July; 13 August; 17 September; 29 October; 26 November 10 December
