Old World vs New World
A comparative pour disguised as a party. Each guest brings two bottles of the same grape — one European, one not — and the table tastes them head to head, blind. Vote for the wine you’d actually buy. The wine-nerd entry point.
What it's for
Put two wine philosophies — restraint and earth vs fruit and power — side by side and let the table decide which world it lives in.
The guest's job
Bring two bottles of the same grape: one European, one not, both bagged and numbered before you arrive.
The vote
Which wine you’d actually buy again — blind, before the labels surface.
The reveal
Unbag in pairs: Old World first, New World second, then flip the bottles and let the room see what it preferred.
Food & drink spine
One clean protein — roast chicken, a simple pasta — that doesn’t compete with the wines.
Conversation fuel
"Does terroir actually taste like anything, or is it a story we’ve agreed to believe?"
How it flops — steer around it
Bottles not bagged on arrival. The whole premise collapses if anyone sees a label early.