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Wine & Tasting

Around the World Dinner

Seven courses, seven countries, a two-minute narrated pour before each one. Light education, global range, and a built-in story for every plate.

Anyone Medium group Any season Medium effort
Wine educationMix strangers
PurposeGive the table a passport for the night — variety keeps energy high and the narrated pours give the host a recurring…
VoteFavorite country of the night — judged on food, wine, and the story together.
RevealThe host saves the most surprising country for last and delivers the two-minute brief with the final pour.
Run of show

What it's for

Give the table a passport for the night — variety keeps energy high and the narrated pours give the host a recurring moment.

The guest's job

Listen, taste, and vote on your favorite country before the finale; bring a two-sentence fact about your pick if you want extra credit.

The vote

Favorite country of the night — judged on food, wine, and the story together.

The reveal

The host saves the most surprising country for last and delivers the two-minute brief with the final pour.

Food & drink spine

One small representative plate per country; the host scripts each two-minute narration in advance.

Conversation fuel

"Which country surprised you, and where would you actually want to drink this in the real world?"

How it flops — steer around it

Narrations that run past two minutes. One tight story per country; the variety is the gift, not the depth.

From the deep-dive notes

A passport dinner. Seven small courses, each from a different country, each introduced by a short narrated pour. Light education, big variety.

Why it works

Variety keeps energy high, and the narrated pours give the host a recurring moment.

Food

One representative small plate per country.

Drink

A wine or spirit per country: France, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, Argentina, Portugal, Canada.

Voting

Favorite country of the night.

Conversation prompts

Which country surprised you? Where would you actually want to drink this?

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