Wine Tasting

[Brom]

Maybe one of the obvious things you know about but didn't note in your post is glasses.

One can taste from plastic, but tres gauche, eh?

Clear unadorned wine glasses. At least a dozen - best to have a few spares.

You should have several containers for spitting or disposing of wines ("3 buckets - No waiting!") and at least four pitchers of water, for rinsing not only the mouth but the glasses.

I would forget meat and veggies and stick with cheese and bread. Many popular crudite veggies don't go that well with wine anyway.

I think 6-8 bottles will be plenty, especially if you are introducing wine to these people. Simple math - 6 bottles among 12 people is a half-bottle each. Plenty to drink for the 150 pounders of the world. Maybe get one extra bottle of one of the whites & one of the reds for the partiers.

Do you know how much you will pour for tasting purposes? I mean each glass?

It is very simple, but there is a fair amount to it, to have it come off well.