A guide to host a wine tasting at home party!

Polish those glasses and get the invites out — a wine tasting at home is one of the best evenings you can arrange during colder months, and one of the best excuses to explore the DrinkWell range properly. Here's how to run one well.

Pick a theme

A theme helps narrow your wine selection and sets the atmosphere. Our favourites: 'Wines of the World' — one bottle from different regions (French rosé, Italian white, Spanish red, New Zealand Sauvignon, South African Shiraz); or 'Zero Sugar Showdown' — five styles all confirmed at 0g sugar, and your guests taste-test to find their favourite. Both make for a genuinely interesting evening, especially when you reveal the calorie and sugar data alongside each wine.

Order your wines from DrinkWell

For a typical tasting, five or six bottles gives you enough variety without overwhelming the palate. We recommend building your selection from the cases below — or mixing and matching individual bottles by region or style.

Popular Pinot Grigio Case — 6 Italian Pinot Grigios, all confirmed 0g sugar, from 80 kcal
Pure Provence Rosé Case — 6 dry Provence-style rosés, from 69 kcal
Mixed wine cases — red, white, rosé, and sparkling in one delivery
Smarter Sauvignon Blanc Case — 6 curated Sauvignons across French, Chilean, and Marlborough styles

For individual bottles to build your own line-up: TRACES Sauvignon Blanc (78 kcal, £9.99), El Ninot Grenache Shiraz (76 kcal, £9.99), Les Oliviers Rosé (69 kcal, £12.49), Skinny Witch Prosecco (80 kcal, £16.99), Piattini Pinot Grigio (82 kcal, £10.99).

Prepare the nibbles

Simple charcuterie works best — a variety of cheeses, cured meats, olives, nuts, and fresh bread or crackers. Add grapes or figs for sweetness and dark chocolate for pairing with the reds. Keep food simple; you don't want anything too spiced or strongly flavoured that could interfere with tasting. The wine is the star.

Set the scene

Dim lights, candles, soft background music — jazz or acoustic. Print a simple tasting card for each wine: wine name, region, grape variety, ABV, and calories. Guests can score each on appearance, aroma, flavour, and finish. Revealing the nutrition data at the end (especially the calorie comparisons against standard supermarket equivalents) always gets a reaction.

Get tasting

Start light and work up to full-bodied. The classic order: sparkling → light white → fuller white → rosé → light red → fuller red. Pour roughly 50–75ml per wine per person. Between each wine: water, plain bread, or a plain cracker to reset the palate.

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