Just for Fun -- Host A Wine Tasting From HELL
Jun 08 '00
Maybe you've seen that commercial where some poor, ignorant, tasteless and inconsiderate slob brings the "wrong" wine to a gathering of close friends -- and he is met with stony cold stares from his highfalutin' buddies.
You won't have to worry about that sad situation if you host a wine tasting party where the objective is asking guests to bring the WORST wines they can possibly find on the face of the planet. My husband and I attended such a gathering a number of years ago. The hosts were whimsical, creative friends of ours who actually know quite a lot about wine. They had a selection of good wines and cheeses for guests to enjoy after the group had rated the offerings brought as "tops" in these two categories:
"Worst wine with the best name" and "Worst tasting wine in the world". The prizes were a bottle of good wine, and a paperback book of the best matches of wines and cheeses.
Our group wound up with about 10 bottles of hideous wine to taste. Some of these are fairly well known brands, like MD 20/20, Annie Greensprings and Mogen David. But those weren't bad enough for some of us.
My husband and I searched and searched through the grocery store wine shelves before THE bottle of my nightmares was staring me right in the face. It was perfection! It was even in a FLAT bottle (like Everclear) with a screw top with grapes embossed into the clear glass. The name of this vintage was "Red Lady 21" and had a lovely Flamenco dancer in a red ruffled dress, with a background of a Royal Flush of cards. Not only that, the wine's slogan was ideal: "The Ace and Queen of Wines". It was bright red, like Kool-Aid, and cost less than $2.00. Perfect!
Some other couples who had put quite a lot of thought into this quest brought a Greek wine called "Retsina" which I hadn't heard of before. It smelled like stuff they put on your hair when you get a perm.
Little plastic cups with just a sip or two of each horrible wine were distributed to each person. The wrinkled faces, lips curled with disgust and squinting eyes were a comedy performance you would pay good money to witness. Quite a few of the wines brought back nostalgic memories of high school and the back seats of '69 Camaros -- with a Led Zepplin tape in the 8-Track.
Imagine my pride when "Red Lady 21 -- The Ace and Queen of Wines" won BOTH prizes! But actually, I thought the Retsina tasted worse.
Try this kind of party for an hysterically good time, and enjoy your good wines and cheeses once the "Razzies" have been presented.
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