How to host a memorable Summer wine tasting party

You just need a few things to host a fantastic wine tasting party:

🍷wine (obviously)

🎶good music

🍴good food

🥂fun friends

Not sure what wines to serve? We’ve picked out the wines for you to make it easy! You can ask your friends to bring a bottle of wine from the wine list or make an appetizer – or just put it together yourself.

Here’s a summer wine list with appetizers – plus cute printable wine tasting note cards – for your next get together!

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Serve Food-Friendly, Crowd-pleasing Wines

Here are our picks for a summer wine party!

1. Rosé

Chateau d’Esclans Whispering Angel is the best rosé to serve at a wine night. The wine is a beautiful petal-pink salmon color that looks beautiful, plus the wine pairs with nearly everything.

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Chateau d’Esclans Whispering Angel

This is the wine that started the Rosé All Day trend.

Chateau d’Esclans Whispering Angel is the world’s most popular rosé – which may make you think that it’s not a fantastic wine. It is actually an exquisite wine and popular because the master wine marketer, Sacha Lichine, thought rosé deserved a spot on wine lists. He created this international brand by concentrating on making the best rosé (usually a wine brand’s afterthought) and tasting it around the US market when rosé was not on wine lists. It remains the #1 international rosé bestseller.

You’ll taste Fresh red berry fruit characteristics with floral notes. It’s a light, refreshing, bright wine that pairs well with cheeses, seafood, and good conversation.

2. Chardonnay

You definitely need a white wine for girls night. A wise man once said that Chardonnay is like the pizza of wine – everyone likes it. Plus, you can get great Chardonnays at affordable prices. The Chalk Hill Russian River Valley Chardonnay is a balanced wine that will pair well with anything from a buffalo chicken dip to a fig walnut appetizer.

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Chalk Hill Russian River Chardonnay

Tasting notes: “Sonoma County, California- This wine is hand-crafted from select Chardonnay vineyards throughout the Russian River Valley growing region. It’s balanced and bright with concentrated flavors of creamy lemon custard, poached pear, almond and spice.”

3. Pinot Noir

A Pinot Noir is a great summer party wine – it’s light and pairs well with food.

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Landmark Overlook Pinot Noir

Tasting Notes: “The 2021 Overlook Pinot Noir represents another splendid blend from some of California’s best cool climate growing regions in Monterey, Santa Barbara and Sonoma Counties. Greg Stach’s expertise in selecting the finest parcels for this blend coupled with our growers’ meticulous viticultural practices yielded truly exceptional fruit for this warmer than average vintage. The 2021 Overlook Pinot Noir has an impeccable pedigree and each vineyard adds to the charm and complexity of the wine. Such dedication by our grower partners warranted hand harvesting at night with early morning deliveries to provide the purest expression of what this somewhat challenging vintage had to offer.”

Make Delicious Wine Appetizers to Complement the Wines

All of these wine snacks will pair well with Rosé, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir 🥂

• Order Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit Snack Board Kit
• Fig appetizer with goat cheese
• Fancy Popcorn
• Wine Country Inspired Cheese Plate
• French Fry Board with Dipping Sauces
• Mini Skillet Pizzas
• Blackened shrimp with nectarine salsa
• Chicken salad crostinis with pickled veggies

Choose a fun playlist

Music needs to be playing. We love our Sonos speakers which connect via Wifi instead of Bluetooth to play music in our home 🎶

Putting on a playlist from Apple Music (or Spotify or Pandora…) like Latin Jazz or the Blues or Cocktail Party adds a good vibe without having to spend a lot of time selecting songs.

Cheers, y’all! Have a fun party!