What to Serve at a Wine Tasting Party?
Preparing a menu for your wine tasting party? Just take heart and you’ll soon decide what to serve. What to serve at a wine tasting party doesn’t just depend on your personal preferences or the wines that suits your taste. The most important item in your menu, of course, is the wine. You have several ways to chose if how many wines and what to serve at a wine tasting party. Usually the hosts of some party go for threes like three reds, three whites and three rose wines. It is still your choice if you’ll serve rose wine.
There are two kinds of tasting: horizontal and vertical tasting. In horizontal tasting, you get to choose a single vintage and several varietals. Example of horizontal tasting is deciding upon a 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon from six various wineries. In vertical tasting, you choose one varietal and different vintages. Example of vertical tasting is choosing a Merlot from one winery from the past six years. In vertical tasting, you’ll get to taste the wine as it matures. There are indeed many choices when it comes to deciding on what to serve at a wine tasting party. Second important aspect of the tasting party is the food. Usually, classic foods are being served like cheese.
What to serve at a wine tasting party does not only limit to wines but also the foods. If you are serving cheese, you should include cheeses that go with the wines flavor. Here are some of the wine and cheese compatibility: white wine go well with light cheeses and red wine with pungent cheeses. Light cheeses are something like Swiss or Brie while heavier cheese would be Gouda or Cheddar. You can also serve something to cleanse between tasting and these would be bread, salt-free crackers or even assorted fruits. If serving a meal in your tasting party, great choice would be chicken, fish or beef. White wine jives well with chicken and fish while red wine with beef.
There are lots of books available if you still needed help in choosing what to serve at a wine tasting party. Here are some useful books for you to see: Perfect Pairings, A Master Sommelier’s Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food by Evan Goldstein, Wine Food & Friends by Karen MacNeil and The Renaissance Guide to Wine and Food Pairing by Tony DiDio. The listed books above helps you choose and learn more on what kind of foods you must serve with the various wines.
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