In the latest issue of The Tuscan Magazine, you will find my detailed Top 10 tips on "Hosting a Tuscan Wine Competition at Home". Wine professionals recommend having tasting exercises often and recording your handwritten observations immediately. Can you image a wine judge tasting over 100 wines at a competition and not taking notes?
Our recommendations for a Tasting Competition at Home can apply to any vertical or horizontal tasting exercise. Expose your guests to some new as well as some familiar wines. Broadening the palate and "sensory rolodex" is important for improving sensory detection for any level of wine-drinker.
The Tuscan Magazine new edition for July 2011 can be found at this link. The article appears on page 17.
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For a copy of the article:
Download Host a Tuscan Wine Competition at Home Tricia Conover The Tuscan magazine july2011
We were lucky enough to have Tricia conduct a wine tasting at our home last year. It was fun to gather a group of friends and "compete" to see who could correctly identify the wines. Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves, and at the end of the evening went home with a list of new wines to try.
A great idea for entertaining friends and family.
Posted by: Becky | 07/27/2011 at 05:43 AM