This past weekend we attended one of those home wine tasting parties at a friend’s house. It was put on by a company who offered “exclusive access to premium wines from the world’s best wine regions.” It was our first experience with this type of tasting.
The format consisted a blind tasting of the wine followed by glowing introduction by a very well rehearsed and engaging presenter. Each wine had a back story with details of the grape, the style and the region. The wines were almost stupid simple across the board and not terribly exciting to anyone with any experience. Some of the wines, particularly the reds served cold, were just not drinkable. They are very overpriced to boot. In looking up the producers it appears that they only produce wines for this company. I assume that they are buying leftover grapes on the cheap, in region and making rather generic wine from them.
That being said, we did have a good time with our friends and ended up buying a mixed case and half to help the cause. My wife even nailed two of the wines blind – one an Italian Chardonnay and the other a Hungarian Muscat (she said 2 put Tokai).
MoCool this was not!
