How To Bring Wine to A Party - 5 authors, 5 articles
You know that awkward moment when you walk into the door with your significant other and everyone at the party looks DIRECTLY into your face. Well, it helps if you thrust a gift into the host’s face and at this time of year, nothing is better received than wine or spirits. Your friends at The Stemware Store decided to take all the research out of dealing with the etiquette around this timeless practice by finding the 5 best articles on the Internet that cover this topic.
Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!
1. The Perplexing Protocol of Party Wine
This is a useful article that deals with some of the awkward issues around deciding whether to bring a nice bottle of wine to someone who you aren’t crazy about and whether you should open someone’s wine at the event. Humorous read about an awkward topic.
Read the article here.
2. Bringing Wine to a Dinner Party
This article is useful because it offers a few price ranges for different types of wine. It’s a quick read and you might pick up a useful tip.
Read the article here.
3. Chowhound Forum - Responses to Question About Bringing Wine to a Wealthy Host’s Party
If you LOVE Chowhound.com the way that we do, you probably already know that the comments from the Chowhound community are just as valuable as some of the articles. This forum was one of the better ones that I have read because you can glean a suggestion from the hive mind if you squint your eyes a little bit. The consistent response was that it is a great idea for guests to bring a bottle of wine that the host probably doesn’t own.
The other interesting thing about this exchange was the simple idea that even though a host may own a wine cellar and own hundreds or thousands of bottles of wine, you can find a great bottle of wine that’s in your budget. The bottom line is that you can pick a great bottle of wine, on a budget without embarrassing yourself.
Read the article here.
4. Choosing Wine to Bring To A Party
This article is from a blog titled, “Wine Appreciation for Idiots” so if you’re easily offended, consider yourself warned. The author of this article offers a pretty straight forward perspective regarding the proper way to bring wine to a party. The author also offers some concrete views on the merits of red wine vs. white wine and raises a brilliant point about the fact that most chefs have determined the best wine and food pairing before you arrived.
It’s an obvious point but we have to admit that it hadn’t crossed our minds when we have been confronted with this decision in the past. Perhaps you can mention that you’re concerned about food and wine pairings when you ask the host about the best wine to bring to the event? If nothing else, it is a nice way to bring up the discussion if you’re having a tough time picking out the right bottle…
Read the article here.
5. How to Bring Wine To A Party
This is definitely an article that you’ll want to bookmark. The author went to a few authorities (an editor from Food & Wine, for example) and breaks the article into the kind of wine that you would bring to different events (brunch, dinner, etc.) You’ll wish that this article was a bit longer but I guess you should always leave them wanting more, no?
Read the article here.
We hope that this helps to make your holiday wine gifting experience a little less traumatic. If you have any questions, you can always contact us at The Stemware Store via twitter, our website, or you can email us at posterous@thestemwarestore.com.
Happy Holidays from Aina & Chris!!
