| There are many things involved in the art of wine | | | | few things to start you out with. That way it |
| tasting, but you probably didn't know that there | | | | won't matter if you're going to a friend's informal |
| are also a few things that you should be aware | | | | gathering or to a more formal setting. |
| of on the etiquette of wine tasting. These aren't | | | | The one thing not to do though is to worry. You |
| hard and fast rules that someone has set down | | | | can't know everything about everything, and at |
| somewhere when they had nothing better to do | | | | some point in your life you have to encounter a |
| on their hands. It all depends on what the context | | | | situation where you won't know what to do. In |
| is and the situation is. If you're not a formal | | | | this case you just need to take things as they |
| person and your fellow wine tasters are equally | | | | come and learn what life hands out. In this case |
| informal then you can go at it in a way that | | | | I'd say that you don't need to worry at all as |
| you're all comfortable with. | | | | there are quite a few people out there who have |
| What happens though if you decide to host a | | | | absolutely no idea what to do at a wine tasting |
| wine tasting evening? Do you follow the rules or | | | | and will be in the same boat as you. |
| do you leave it up to your guests to do | | | | Besides, there's more than a good chance that |
| whatever it is they want? As a good host you | | | | your hosts will have provided for the fact that |
| might want to be prepared to give your guests | | | | not everyone will be clued in, and they'll most |
| your all and give them the best wine tasting night | | | | likely walk you through the necessary steps as |
| of their lives. | | | | the evening proceeds. The pointers that I've given |
| That said, if your guests are all close friends then | | | | though are the most basic of etiquette rules of |
| you might want to follow a different pattern and | | | | wine tasting and are always best if followed. |
| turn the night into one of fun and feasting, with | | | | If the lay of the land is such that the rules are |
| the feasting to follow after the tasting of course! | | | | fluid then you can go with the flow, but other |
| Then again you could turn the whole night into | | | | than that I would recommend that you stay on |
| something formal to initiate your friends into the | | | | course and stick with the rules of wine tasting |
| arts of wine tasting. And if you're going for a | | | | such as they are. |
| wine tasting then you should probably know a | | | | |