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How to Host a Wine Tasting at Home

A wine tasting at home needs surprisingly little: a handful of bottles, small pours, a way to score, and one good reveal at the end. You don't need a sommelier, expensive glassware or anyone using the word "minerality" unironically. This guide covers the whole thing — theme, shopping math, setup, blind tasting and scoring — in the order you'll actually do it.