Good wine doesn’t come cheap.
For those over 21, however, Aromas is hosting a wine taste testing featuring eight wines from parent company Five Points Bottle Shop for only $10.
The catch? The regions, labels and prices of the wines are unknown, leaving guests to form a blind opinion of the wine.
“For the first event, I mixed a few wines for a wide variety,” said Svetlana Rostova, a wine buyer of Five Points Bottle Shop. “It is a good opportunity to taste a lot of different wines that you may never think of buying.”
For now, Rostova is letting everyone try her favorite wines, but said she would like to go through as many wines as possible. The selection of wines must be logical and easy for people to taste, she said.
“I make sure that people can handle the changes from one wine to another,” Rostova said. “Very, very good wine can taste bad if you put it in the wrong sequence.”
This will be the third blind wine tasting at Aromas, which first began holding the tastings in November. At Aromas second tasting the following month, 36 people came out to try their hand at guessing the flavors.
“They’ve gone really well. We’re getting a bigger turnout each time,” said Heather Allister, manager of Aromas.
Since it is a blind tasting, Rostova keeps everything a secret until the end.
“I want them to be open-minded.” Rostova said. “I challenge them to guess.”
After the event is over, she gives guests a list with descriptions of the wines. Ratings are combined and featured on the wine labels at Five Points.
“It’s a great way to taste some wines without being influenced by labels and regions and what you thought you liked in the past,” Allister said.
WINE TASTING
When: Thursday
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: Aromas
Price: $10