Below are few things to help you prepare for your big night!

First things first, make a list of all your wine loving friends! Then, narrow down your list to those that’ll love learning more about CLEAN CRAFTED wine. For your invite list - think QUALITY over QUANTITY. You want to share this night with individuals who will truly appreciate what makes this wine SPECIAL versus coming to drink all the free wine. Listen, we all have those friends. #nojudgementfromme

Promote it.

I love using Facebook Events to bring the invitees together & share info about the wine. This’ll help bring excitement leading up to your tasting! Once the FB event is created and you accept the invite, I’ll make you an admin so you can invite people you think would be interested in ordering wine! I believe an attendance of 10-15 people is ideal. No more than 15 for sure! Your goal is to reach $600 in sales. By hitting this magical number ($600!), you’ll unlock your hostess rewards which includes THREE bottles of YOUR choice at 60% off!

Prep for it.

Leading up to your tasting, I’ll pop in the FB event & share more details about Scout & Cellar, the biz AND the wine. Talk it up with your friends in the weeks leading up to your tasting so they get even more excited! I find that personal text messages help remind people to add it to their calendar, then the week of, send reminder texts! Mom brain is real, y’all. REAL.

Remind them that it won’t be a “cash and carry” event so they understand they’ll order their wine, not take home their wine. We want them to understand their wine will be delivered to their doorstep in the weeks following the tasting. I’ll bring 4-6 bottles of wine (dependent on RSVP’s) and each person gets a sample pour of each wine.

I always encourage you & your guests to try and stick to Scout & Cellar wine throughout the entire night so y’all can experience the true difference of drinking clean crafted wine! If you’d like to order a few bottles to share with your guests following the tasting, let me know. Once you provide your card info, I’ll get your wine ordered!

Taste it.

I’ll provide the wine & wine glasses, you provide the home! A large tabletop or island is perfect for set up. I’ll arrive approx 30 minutes early to set up the wine, glasses, and a few other items! Feel free to have light snacks on hand (cheese, crackers, popcorn) for your guests along with plates & napkins. Water bottles are also a nice touch!

Some hosts have a small bowl or pitcher for people to discard wine they may not enjoy.

Try to not light candles as that interferes with the aroma of the wine.

As I mentioned earlier, I always encourage my hostesses & their guests to try and stick to drinking ONLY Scout & Cellar the night of your tasting. This allows everyone to experience how much better you feel when not drinking wine with all the sugar + additives! Again, if you’d like to order a few bottles to have on hand to share with guests following the end of the tasting, let me know ahead of time.

Once everyone’s had a chance to taste each wine, I’ll work with individuals to make sure we curate an order that fits their taste preferences! We have 40-80 wines in rotation at any given time. Just because I don’t feature a wine, doesn’t mean it’s not available. I’ll also share about our Satisfaction Guarantee which allows everyone to feel confident in ordering!

Lastly, enjoy yourself!
I'll do all the work from here!

Market it.

I’ll share info about the wine while everyone tastes! Once everyone tastes each wine, I’ll share details on how everyone can order. I’d love your support to help encourage your friends to order their wine at the end of the tasting.

I’ll encourage people to fill out their payment info before the tasting, which helps the ordering part run MUCH smoother. I have a personalized QR code on the tasting sheet that guests can scan & enter their info.

Your tasting will be assigned a personalized link, so if you have friends or family that are unable to attend in person, you can send them the link to order on their own. If they have questions about our wine, I’d be happy to reach out to them directly to help them select which wines to order. That’s one of the things I love most about this wine gig! Helping people discover new wines they may not have considered trying before.

Again, our goal is to market $600 in wine at your tasting which unlocks your hostess rewards. If you have suggestions on how I can support you with this, let me know. My top priority is to ensure my hostesses have a great time at their tasting AND be rewarded in the process!

Hostess Rewards.

My goal is to help YOU get to $600 in sales for your tasting!
This earns YOU 3 bottles at 60% off - any bottles of your choice.

If your tasting hits $1200 in sales, you’ll earn SIX bottles at 60% off. If your tasting earns $1800 in sales, GIRL, you need to become a consultant because you clearly have some WINE LOVING friends!