I love a party. You love a party. We all love a party. Okay, some are better than others. For an intimate gathering, it is pretty hard to be a wine tasting party. In this article, we discuss the best way to throw them.

A wine tasting party may just sound like a good time, but it actually has a purpose. The goal is to compare a number of wines and discuss the merits, or lack thereof, with the other people who are involved in the sampling.

In truth, a wine tasting party is a good time no matter how you do it. If you actually would like too really compare wines instead of just having a good party, there are a number of steps you should consider taking to make things a success.

You are going to need people to actually do the tasting. I recommend that you select friends who have roughly the same level of wine knowledge. This will result in a more balanced comparison versus involving experts with beginners.

Once you know the type of wine drinker you wish to invite, you need to limit the crowd. You want enough people that different views will be generated, but not so many that anyone is excluded in the conversation. 6 people is the perfect number.

We have our tasters, so now we need our wine. Pick a niche. Get creative. Perhaps the tasting will be reds from Bordeaux, France for 2001. How about whites from Argentina for 1997? The wine world is your oyster!

Hosting a wine party is simple because the guests are required to bring much of the schwag. No host has 40 or 50 wine glasses or bottles. Each guest must bring one bottle of wine and enough glasses for themselves or they cannot participate.

Keeping notes of your wine drinking escapades is smart move. You want to recall what made you smile and that made your eyes water. Nomad Wine Journals are about the best for note taking, but anything will do so long as you use it.

The point of the tastings is to determine which wine tastes good alone, not with cheese or other food. While the tastings are occurring, there should be no food on the table. You want to isolate the taste of the wine. You can eat later.

If you are getting a buzz during a wine tasting, you are doing it wrong. Wine should be sipped, savored and then spit out. This means the host should have paper cups on hand for the spitting. Wine drinking will occur after a winner is determined. No cups will be needed!

To be brutally honest, it is hard to blow a wine tasting party. So long as nobody asks their spouse for a divorce, it should all go well. After all, how bad can life be when you are drinking wine?