[Fredwms]

A wine club usually consists of 6-12 couples in each group. Each couple agrees to host a wine tasting 1-2 times a year depending on how many couples are in the group. The host determines the type of wine to be tasted (Merlott, Chardonnay, Champagne, etc.). Each couple brings the wine chosen by the host in a brown paper bag to hide the winery. Members vote on each bottle to be sampled with a score of 1-5 (5 being best) and put their answers in a bowl to be tallied by the host. After all bottles are sampled the results are read by the host and the paper bags are removed to expose the wineries. It is fun to find out the good and bad wines and often 2 or more bottles are identical with different scores. The host will usually serve cheese and crackers while the guests enjoy the remainder of the sampled wines.

We have enough interest for several different wine groups in the Villages Wine Club. We hope you will join us when we have an organizational meeting in January. Let us know is you want to be on the invitational list. Email: frecwms47@gmail.com

Fred Williams

[Fredwms]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

My wife and I are interesred.

A wine club usually consists of 6-12 couples in each group. Each couple agrees to host a wine tasting 1-2 times a year depending on how many couples are in the group. The host determines the type of wine to be tasted (Merlott, Chardonnay, Champagne, etc.). Each couple brings the wine chosen by the host in a brown paper bag to hide the winery. Members vote on each bottle to be sampled with a score of 1-5 (5 being best) and put their answers in a bowl to be tallied by the host. After all bottles are sampled the results are read by the host and the paper bags are removed to expose the wineries. It is fun to find out the good and bad wines and often 2 or more bottles are identical with different scores. The host will usually serve cheese and crackers while the guests enjoy the remainder of the sampled wines.

We have enough interest for several different wine groups in the Villages Wine Club. We hope you will join us when we have an organizational meeting in January. Let us know is you want to be on the invitational list. Email: fredwms47@gmail.com

Fred Williams

[Fredwms]

Originally Posted by hulahips

We are interested too!

A wine club usually consists of 6-12 couples in each group. Each couple agrees to host a wine tasting 1-2 times a year depending on how many couples are in the group. The host determines the type of wine to be tasted (Merlott, Chardonnay, Champagne, etc.). Each couple brings the wine chosen by the host in a brown paper bag to hide the winery. Members vote on each bottle to be sampled with a score of 1-5 (5 being best) and put their answers in a bowl to be tallied by the host. After all bottles are sampled the results are read by the host and the paper bags are removed to expose the wineries. It is fun to find out the good and bad wines and often 2 or more bottles are identical with different scores. The host will usually serve cheese and crackers while the guests enjoy the remainder of the sampled wines.

We have enough interest for several different wine groups in the Villages Wine Club. We hope you will join us when we have an organizational meeting in January. Let us know is you want to be on the invitational list. Email: fredwms47@gmail.com

Fred Williams

[Fredwms]

Originally Posted by VMI-74

We are interested in a wine club if anyone knows of one, or just gathering of other Villagers who enjoy wine. Wine Talk is meeting November and January.

Thanks!

Kathy & Alan Vicory
Village of Hemingway
kvicory@gmail.com

A wine club usually consists of 6-12 couples in each group. Each couple agrees to host a wine tasting 1-2 times a year depending on how many couples are in the group. The host determines the type of wine to be tasted (Merlott, Chardonnay, Champagne, etc.). Each couple brings the wine chosen by the host in a brown paper bag to hide the winery. Members vote on each bottle to be sampled with a score of 1-5 (5 being best) and put their answers in a bowl to be tallied by the host. After all bottles are sampled the results are read by the host and the paper bags are removed to expose the wineries. It is fun to find out the good and bad wines and often 2 or more bottles are identical with different scores. The host will usually serve cheese and crackers while the guests enjoy the remainder of the sampled wines.

We have enough interest for several different wine groups in the Villages Wine Club. We hope you will join us when we have an organizational meeting in January. Let us know is you want to be on the invitational list. Email: fredwms47@gmail.com

Fred Williams

[Fredwms]

UPDATE ON THE VILLAGES WINE CLUB:

At this point we have over 70 couples and singles that are interested in being involved in the wine club. Eager parties have shown an interest from throughout The Villages. Here are some ideas to handle such a large and growing community of wine tasting enthusiasts:

Wine tasting groups can range from 6 to 12 couples or participants. I would recommend smaller homes such as the Villas be limited to 6 couples with a larger group possible for Designer and larger homes. I would also recommend three geographical areas for The Villages. Area #1: North of 466. Area #2: Between 466a & 466. Area #3: South of 466a

All interested should let us know during the organizational meeting if you have friends or neighbors you want to include in your wine group.

Each wine group will need to elect a secretary from the group to coordinate the calendar scheduling of monthly wine tasting hosts. Snow birds can select a month they will be here in The Villages to host a wine tasting. The group secretary will maintain phone numbers and/or email addresses of the group members and notify the members who is scheduled to be the host each month, the time and place of the meeting and the wine vintage that the host has chosen to sample.

The next move is to find a large enough venue to hold our organizational meeting in January. Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Fred Williams
The Villages Wine Club
Email: fredwms47@gmail.com