It's starting to get warmer out and more and more of you will be having bbq's and social gatherings. Here
are some rules of thumb when it comes to serving alcohol at
gatherings. Below are a few ideas, but of course, you know your
crowd, so use this as a guideline. Of course please make sure to watch the crowd and know when it is time to cut someone off if need be. You should always have water, soda or coffee easily accessible so at least the driver can sober up before driving home.
Cocktail Events/Parties
- Plan on 1/2 bottle of wine per person per two-hour period. If your
event begins before 5 pm, or if you also plan on serving hard liquor or
beer, then plan on 1/2 bottle per person per three hour period. If the
guests will be serving themselves, plan for 10% more wine.
Dinner Events/Parties
- Each bottle of wine provides 5 servings at 5 oz. each or 6 servings
at 4 oz. each. If you are pairing wine with a meal, plan 1-1.5
servings of wine per course. Here is how to calculate the number of bottles you
require of each wine: Multiply the number of people you are serving by
the number of glasses (on average) each will drink. Then divide by 5
for 5 oz. pour or by 6 for a 4 oz. pour. Example - 20 people x 3 = 60/6 = 10 bottles.
Glassware - If you are having more than 12 people over for a party I feel that you should rent glassware. This way you can rent the type of glass that you need to go with the type of wine you will be serving and if there is any breakage it won't be your good glasses. If renting glasses you should get two white wine glasses per person (one for wine, the other for water) which will work for the wine, sparkling wine, rose and water and one red wine glass work for all types of red wine. If you are serving special wine be sure to use special glasses like Riedel, it makes a difference.
How much wine to plan on serving? If the weather is going to be warm and your event starts before 5 pm then you should plan on serving about 70% white/rose wine and 30% red wine. If it is more of an evening affair, you should plan of serving about 40% white/rose and 60% red. Again, you know your crowd so buy accordingly.
Just like anything, if you take the time to plan out your gathering ahead of time, the more smoothly it will go the day of the event. Have fun, drink happy and safe.
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Another tip for party hosts is if they run out of white wine that has been chilled they can just fill an ice cooler (or any container) with cold water and ice.
If you place your white wine in this, it will only take around 30 minutes for it to be ready to be served instead of the usual 2 hours.
People are hosting fewer parties nowadays due to the economic situation. But parties need not be expensive to be successful. It may be scary at first but preparing your own small wine dinner parties and hiring just a couple of waiters (and not a full-service caterer), or ordering a few tapas from your fave restaurant to complement a simple menu will be appreciated by your friends, or people you want to build better business relationships.
Being welcomed and entertained in somebody’s own home is still one of the best relationship builders ever. So I wish everyone more wine parties this year!
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