Unwined at home kit
For the ultimate Unwined at Home experience, click on the buttons below to take you to extra interactive content!
We’ve created a Spotify playlist for some tunes to accompany the theme and wines, and on YouTube we’ve posted a series of videos with tasting notes and inspiration to bring your wines to life!
For those enjoying this with a group, scroll down for some helpful tips and games.
current theme: Holidays!
Artwork by @consueloartist
For groups
Will you be enjoying your kit virtually with a group of friends or family? Here are some extra bits and bobs to help you get your zoom party started!
1. First things first, choose a video call platform and set one of your group as host, and make sure they share the screen of the videos for each pairing so you can all watch together!
2. Secondly, fancy adding some fun to your group tasting? How about getting all attendees to rate the cheese and wine pairing after trying each with the cheese-y scale below?
Not for me = maybe you 'Camembert it'
OK = maybe it's Goud-a but could be feta
yummy = Brie-liant
TIP: To rate cheese and wine pairings, think after tasting both the wine and cheese. Can you taste the cheese and wine still or does one overwhelm the other? Does the cheese or wine taste better together, does it taste worse?!
3. How about challenging your group to a little quiz! Here are some questions related to the current theme, ask one question alongside each pairing. Answers can be found right at the bottom of the page…
HOLIDAYS Quiz
1. Which of these Greek Islands makes the most wine?
a. Santorini b. Rhodes c. Crete d. Samos
2. Which Roman God does Lebanon have a temple dedicated to?
a. Ceres b. Flora c. Jupiter d.Bacchus
3. What's the maximum number of Michelin stars a restaurant can achieve, AND what's the maximum AA rosettes a restaurant can achieve?
4. Why do they harvest as early as April in India?
a. So they can make more wine
b. So the grapes don’t burn in the sun
c. To avoid the monsoon rains
d. To tie in with tourist season
Scroll down for the answers…
Answers
1. c. Crete - It produces 11.9% of Greek wines, whereas other Aegean Islands produce 10.67% combined!
2. d- Bacchus (it's the roman god of wine!) legend is that Lebanon is one of the first places to make wine, hence having an ancient temple dedicated to it!
3. Three Michelin stars and 5 AA Rosettes.
Michelin states that one star represents “a very good restaurant”, while two stars means “excellent cooking that is worth a detour”. The highest rating of three stars is described by Michelin as “exceptional cuisine that is worth a special journey”.
The highest number of rosettes that can be achieved is five, and the 2020 guide has listed 18 restaurants that meet this standard.
4. C - to avoid the monsoon rains!