How to Host a Wine Tasting at Home

Although it’s nice to have you come to our vineyard for a wine tasting, it's also fun to host a wine tasting at your home!! At Preston Ridge Vineyard, we have a wide selection of wines that are perfect to use at the wine tasting you host at home. Here are a few tips for hosting a wine tasting at home:

Wrapping the bottles - It makes it more fun to wrap the bottles of wine so that no one is judging the wines based on what the bottles say. Sometimes wines that don’t sound appealing can be surprisingly pleasant.

Setting up the table - The ideal color of your table would be white, so you should get a white tablecloth to put over the table you are setting the wine glasses on. This will give your guests a clear view of the color of each wine you present during the wine tasting.

Scents in the room - It’s important to make sure the room you are using for your wine tasting has a neutral smell so that you and your guests can properly smell each wine.

The temperature of each wine - Red and white wines are supposed to be served at different temperatures. A red wine should be served at 60 to 65 degrees and a white wine should be served at 50 to 55 degrees. Before your wine tasting put your white wines in the fridge and the red wines in a semi-cool place like the basement.