Hi Guys I would appreciate your feedback please.

There have been a few posts about tastings, inviting strangers into your home, free wine etc.

First to clarify
- There is no requirement to invite strangers into your home. People can apply, and you can say yes or no. It is your decision.
- the wine we are giving away is not our wine, it is the winemakers. We convinced them to try giving wine away for archangels tastings as an experiment, in the hope that it all be kept on a good will basis, rather than a commercial contract
- some of the winemakers have seen a number of tastings marked "private" which they saw as a change to the deal

It is not reasonable to expect archangels to run an open house for complete strangers – and it is not reasonable to expect winemakers to supply free wine for a private knees up.

So what would you like to do?

Would you prefer to have
Private tastings for your friends only - and pay for the wine
Private tastings – where you get the wine free if you achieve X orders or something like that?
Private tastings – where you get the wine free but tickets get sold and you need to achieve x sales?
Open tastings where you get the wine free and it is done on a goodwill basis?
I have had lots of good feedback from winemakers and from archangels so I would like to find a solution that works for all. Comments please!

Rowan

Rowan (Staff) 17:21 22/06/2009

To keep comments on the same topic all together, each main post is posed as a question. Please add your tuppenyw'th as replies to that question. Add new questions as necessary. Thanks, N

Neil 14:16 14/06/2009

I am still fairly new to all this "Naked" stuff but have had suggested to me to do a tasing event at my guesthouse in the lake district and I am considering this suggestion very seriously - we could offer discounted accommodation to anyone wishing to attend - I am thinking of sometime in late November over a weekend - I am still not really sure what a tasting involves advise from previous hosts would be welcome before I commit - Cheers!!

Ivy 16:21 20/07/2009

Excellent, Rowan! I had written a long reply to the first post but we had a power-cut before I could send it. this fits the ticket perfectly!

Ben 12:33 14/07/2009

Does anyone have a check-list of what I need for a tasting event?
Off the top of my head I guess: the wine; wine glasses; water; cheese/crackers/fruit/nibbles; spittoon or substitute; ... anything else?
If I want information about the wine, and I can't get the winemaker on the phone for the tasting, does NW have any tasting notes? or someone who can talk us through what we're drinking (by phone?)
Then what about ranking the wines we taste - I can use a simple ranking system and card for reach person to rank and price a wine.
I would also like a promo pack on NW and the concept behind it, as I will be selling the concept after all. Discount vouchers are a good incentive. Any other suggestions?

Lynette 19:08 20/06/2009