A couple years ago, our friends hosted a super fun wine tasting party at their place that I have been dying to recreate. So when Target asked me to put together a little holiday party inspiration using some of their new products, I immediately thought the wine tasting idea would be perfect for a quick and easy holiday party!
The way this party works is you will ask each guest or couple to bring a bottle of wine under $25 - you can even specify a varietal like Pinot Noir. When the guests enter have them hand you the bottle so that you can wrap it in kraft paper or a brown bag and then assign their bottle a number without anyone else seeing (as the host you will be the only one who knows all the different bottles and their corresponding numbers). Ideally you will have one glass per bottle per guest so that guests can try the different wines and refer back to them rather than emptying out their glass. We have a shocking amount of wine glasses in our house, but if you don't own enough wine glasses to make this possible then you can easily rent some.
Serve appetizers as well as some sweets and let guests mingle while trying the different wines then reporting their thoughts on printed "notes" cards. Tally up the favorite bottle selections at the end of the night (this bottle of Pinot Noir won the year we did this) and give the guest who brought the winning bottle a nice bottle of wine or another fun gift! Links to items used for this party are under each photo and the download links to the printables are at the bottom of this post!
{gold rimmed decanters}
{leftover florals from our Thanksgiving dinner which I will be sharing later this week}
{gold rimmed agate tray, white ceramic trophy vase from older Target collection but find a similar one here, wine notes printables}
{vintage black milk glass cake stands - find similar here}
{gold prism tray by Nate Berkus, gold/black wrapping paper from holiday dept at Target}
{I like the idea of setting up a spot for each guest to keep their glasses so that they aren't trying to roam your party holding 3 or 4 in one hand- I used simple place cards to designate an area for each person}
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i love this idea and how you wrapped the bottles! gorgeous as usual;)
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