July Lehigh Valley Chapter Tasting: The Wine Game

July Lehigh Valley Chapter Tasting

The Wine Game

Wednesday July 15, 2026 – 6:00PM to 8:30PM

Hosted by Dean & Bonnie Scott

290 Dear Run Rd, Kutztown, PA 19530

Cost $30 / person

Register at LVAWS.org  

    Limited to ~15 people

History of the Wine Game:

About 6 years ago I was studying for the wine judge program and Shannon and Dave were doing the Somm program and we had a lot of young winemakers and foreign winery interns in the area, so we started doing wine tasting in the vineyard every week. These tastings became blind tastings and turned into a game of who could figure out what wine we were tasting. The guessing game became more competitive and soon people were guessing more than varieties, they were guessing style, regions, vintage, and the price of the wines. As the tastings grew the keeping score idea became bragging rights and soon the wine score sheet game was invented.

So, this LVAWS tasting will be limited to about 15 people. I will purchase 6-8 wines, and we will do a blind tasting and use the score sheets (see below). This will not be your typical tasting and be aware there will be a lot of debate, discussion and analyzing of the wines. This can be a lot of fun and tasting skill building. The experts are not always right.

The tasting will also be on our deck and not in the vineyard. We are in the process of downsizing the vineyard as the price and demand for local grapes is diminishing. And I am enjoying retirement too much to work in the vineyard all summer. We took out 8 rows of vines last year and 10 this year. So, sorry, no more tasting in the vineyard this year.

  Please remember to bring 2 glasses.