Tips for wine tasting in your own garden

Summer is the ideal time to organise your own wine tasting in your own garden. Fun with family members, housemates or a few friends. In this article, you will read what you need for a successful tasting. From snacks, light strings and spittoons to professional sigma paint. Good luck and have fun organising!

Tips for wine tasting in your own garden

Tip 1. Create an atmospheric garden

Of course, a wine tasting is mainly about the wine itself. But the atmosphere around it is almost as important. So give your garden a good makeover and make the terrace as attractive as possible. Clean the garden furniture thoroughly and make sure there is enough comfortable seating. In addition, freshen up the outdated wooden gazebo or the peeling window frames with sigma s2u allure gloss paint. This paint is weatherproof and lasts an incredibly long time. These may seem like unimportant details, but a neat finish really adds to the overall atmosphere! Next, decorate the table cosily, hang a string of lights and put up some large planters with bright flowers.

Tip 2. Choose a theme

Wine time! Although you can taste all kinds of random wines, it is also fun to stick to a theme. For example, wines from a specific country, region or selected by grape variety. If necessary, extend this theme to the decoration of your garden or even to the music and dress code for all guests.

Tip 3. Pair wines with appetisers

Tasty snacks should not be missing from a good wine tasting. Preferably match the snacks to the wines. When in doubt, an extensive bread and cheese board is always a good choice.

Tip 4. Get all the supplies you need

Get all the supplies needed for the tasting and set them out on the table in advance. Some essential items are: plenty of large wine glasses, a carafe of water to neutralise the flavour in between, some spittoons/spittoons and wine coolers.

Tip 5. Judge the wines blind

It is fun to taste and judge the different wines blind. Tape off the labels and give each bottle a number. Have everyone rate the wine with a number. There are plenty of ready-made scorecards and tasting forms online. In addition, it is useful to print out an aroma wheel. This makes it a lot easier to identify the flavours and aromas of the wine. With such an aroma wheel, the aromas are divided into groups such as floral, fruity and earthy. At the end of the tasting, everyone can discover what his/her favourite type of wine is.

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