Friends and wine make a perfect combination. Organizing a home wine-tasting can be a great way to enjoy both.
Invite half-a-dozen friends. Encourage them to leave their perfume, cologne and cigarettes at home. Select your wine for the evening. Consider mixing some old favorites with some ones that soon may be. Consider selecting wines from different states (Nebraska included, of course), or several reds, whites or other combinations.
Hide the identity of your selections, and encourage your guests to enjoy each one. Let them sample at their own pace. Provide your guests with water and bland crackers. Following your blind tasting, talk about the experience. Rank them. Then reveal each wine's identity and bottle.
More conversation is sure to follow.