BEST WINES FOR A HOUSE PARTY

House party wine has different requirements than dinner party wine. You need bottles that work for everyone, are easy to keep pouring without ceremony, and will not require a sommelier to explain them. Here is the guide.

HOW MUCH WINE DO YOU NEED?

A rough guide: plan for one bottle per person for a three-hour party, or slightly less if you are also serving spirits and beer. For 20 people, that is around 15-20 bottles. Always buy more than you think you need — running out of wine is the only party planning failure that cannot be fixed.

THE CROWD-PLEASING CHOICES

For a house party crowd, you want wines that are immediately approachable and work for both experienced and inexperienced wine drinkers. PROST! — our pét-nat — is brilliant for this. It looks impressive, tastes incredible, and costs £18. Thirst Trap, our rosé, is the wine that works for every guest.

THE EASY OPTION — SESSION FIZZ CANS

Session Fizz cans remove all the logistics of serving wine at a party. No glasses to wash, no bottles to open, no worrying about keeping wine at the right temperature. Guests grab a can from the cool box, open it, and drink it. The Six Pack gives you three litres of organic sparkling wine in a compact, easy-to-chill format.

THE ONE TO IMPRESS

Put Arriba out on the table and let it do the work. Our sparkling orange wine is unlike anything most party guests will have tried — the colour, the bubbles, the tropical fruit character. It is the wine that gets people asking questions and starts conversations. Available at locowines.co.uk.