Guidelines and Suggestions for Tasting Presenters


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

The following suggestions are offered as guidelines for people who lead presentations for us at wine tastings of the Triangle chapter.

We appreciate your offer to present wines very much! Some of you will be professionals in the wine industry, while many of you will simply be wine lovers leading us in a discussion of some favorite wines or regions. In either case, we want to offer you some guidance to help make your presentation well received -- and to provide a backup plan in case you have an emergency situation which prevents you from coming.

We would appreciate your taking the following steps to make your presentation successful:

Buy your wines at least a week in advance. They need to be "on hand" and available to us in case you can't present. We usually know the final tasting count the second Friday before the tasting.
Make up some tasting notes (either for yourself or as handouts) -- again to provide backup in case you can't present.
Give strong consideration to some kind of handout naming the wines and telling us something about them.
It is advisable not to put the price of each wine in the handouts, so as not to influence ratings; however, be prepared to tell attendees the price after each wine is tasted. Rounding the nearest dollar is fine.

Please note: If you intend to charge a fee, you must let us know how much up front.

If you have any questions about these guidelines, please contact a board member. Thank you!

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