Triangle Chapter, American Wine Society Serving Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC, and Vicinity www.awstriangle.org

Guidelines and Suggestions for Tasting Hosts

The following suggestions are offered as guidelines for hosts who offer their homes for wine tastings of the Triangle chapter, or who act as hosts at commercial locations for us.

A host is expected to provide the following:

• Tableware (plates, utensils, napkins) for each person attending
• Individual bottled water or water glasses and pitchers of water
• Wine glasses (supplied by chapter - obtain from previous host)
• Wine discard containers (supplied by chapter)
• Name tags
• Bread cut into cubes or small pieces, or plain crackers; mild cheese optional
• Availability of oven, microwave, potholders, limited serving utensils, etc.
• Space for attendees to put appetizers and additional bottles of wine

Hosts are reimbursed $1 per attendee by the Treasurer after the event.

If you are hosting a sit-down tasting, try to arrange the seating such that the facilitator can stand in such a position as to address all the attendees simultaneously -- if possible!  Hosts may set a limit on the number of attendees.

After the event, you are responsible for washing and repackaging the wine glasses and discard containers.  You and the next host should coordinate pickup of these materials.  If the next host agrees to take the wine glasses directly from your tasting, make sure each wine glass used at the tasting is rinsed at the tasting and placed bowl up in the box, so the next host knows which ones to wash!  If you have hosted at a commercial location, please clean up and leave the facility in the same condition (or better) in which you found it ... so they'll allow us to come back in the future!

If you have any questions about hosting, contact a board member.

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