Blind Tasting at Home - Red Wines

Get to Know: Blind Tasting at Home - Red Wines | New Wines for Spring 2026

Three full-size red wines, wrapped to hide the labels — a properly interactive wine tasting kit that turns the kitchen table into a sommelier school.

Description

Wrap, pour, guess, reveal. That’s the whole game. We’ve packed three full-size 75cl reds into one box - concealed in branded paper, with numbered neck tags, and supplied with QR-code tasting cards so you can compare your guesses against the actual notes. It works as a date-night activity, a fun thing to do with a houseful of friends, or a properly engaging solo tasting if you fancy training your palate. If you’ve played our Red kit before, the line-up has been refreshed for Spring 2026, so it’s worth another go.

“An ingenious way to conduct wine tasting at home, the Reserve Wines blind tasting box is a great dinner party activity or date night idea.” – Samuel Mathewson, The Independent, August 2024

Why they’ll love it

• A hands-on wine tasting experience for anyone curious about red wine - no prior knowledge needed
• Sharpens the palate by stripping away label bias and price assumptions
• Genuinely fun for date nights, small dinner parties, or solo evenings in
• Refreshed wine selection (every 6 months) so you can try a new challenge
• A more memorable gift than another standalone bottle

Kate Says

“This kit started life as a bit of fun in the shop, and it’s become one of the things we’re most proud of. There’s no quicker way to get someone interested in wine than putting three bottles in front of them with the labels hidden - preconceptions go out the window, and you start really tasting. It’s been a brilliant gift, too.”

What’s inside

• 3 × full-size (75cl) bottles of red wine
  • Concealed in wrapping to keep the labels secret
  • ABVs: 13.5%, 14%, and 14.5%
  • Wine selection last changed: 03/03/26
• 1 × set of bottle neck tags - number the wines any way you like
• 2 × info cards with QR codes - online tasting instructions, tasting notes with region and grape clues, and tie-breaker questions

You’ll also want: a phone (for the QR codes), a few wine glasses, pencil and paper, a glass of water to cleanse the palate, and some salty snacks if you’re feeling civilised.

Why we love it

Twenty-plus years of running tastings has taught us one thing: the moment a label disappears, every guest leans in. This kit captures that moment in a box. It’s the easiest way we know to turn an ordinary evening into something worth remembering - and the easiest way to push someone past their wine comfort zone without lecturing them about it.