Is it acceptable to serve wine at a cocktail party? Absolutely \u2013 and especially when you consider this \u2013 some people don\u2019t like the taste of hard liquor and others aren\u2019t able to drink it at all.<\/p>\n
If that\u2019s the case, it\u2019s always a good plan to make sure that wines are available for these particular guests. I like to have at least one red wine and one white wine on hand. And don\u2019t skimp by buying a couple of $7 liters of the cheap stuff \u2013 especially if you\u2019re serving premium liquors. The idea is to include the wine drinkers with the rest of the party, not isolate them into a corner of the room with a plastic glass and a straw.<\/p>\n
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Select wines that you know are reliably good based on past personal experience or from the recommendations of others. It\u2019s also perfectly acceptable to let those who prefer wine to offer to bring a bottle of their own. This helps insure they\u2019ll like what they drink and you\u2019ll also have a greater variety of wines from which to choose.<\/p>\n
How much wine do you need? That depends entirely on the number of non-cocktail drinking guests attending. When in doubt, err on the side of supplying a few extra bottles because anything unopened at the end of the evening can always be used at a later date. This is also a good practice because almost inevitably one or more cocktail drinkers may decide to switch drinks and try a glass of wine for a change of pace.<\/p>\n
A well-stocked bar \u2013 including wines for those who don\u2019t drink cocktails \u2013 is an indicator of good planning and consideration of everyone on your guest list. They\u2019ll be happier for it, and you won\u2019t be wasting time racing to the store to pick up beverages that are in short supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Is it acceptable to serve wine at a cocktail party? Absolutely \u2013 and especially when you consider this \u2013 some people don\u2019t like the taste of hard liquor and others aren\u2019t able to drink it at all. If that\u2019s the case, it\u2019s always a good plan to make sure that wines are available for these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-bellingham-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}