Introducing a Sociable Game of Wine Appreciation

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WineLovers' Challenge™ is an entertaining new way for enthusiasts to enjoy a glass of wine and at the same time enhance their wine appreciation. During play, beginners to experts discuss different aspects of the wine's character. Also featured are wine facts and trivia questions where players uncover interesting information that can spur entertaining conversations.

Playing is as simple as rolling the numbered die. When a Sight & Aroma, Taste & Aftertaste or a Food Pairing question is selected everyone tastes the wine before considering their answer. All the players are encouraged to compare their thoughts and perceptions. During casual discussions a player may gain insight into the wine's personality or how well it matches up with different food recipes. By focusing on tasting rather than drinking plus the group's input helps players to top up their wine appreciation skills.

Another category Tips, Grapes & Trivia covers everything from winemaking practices to wine events around the world. Fun and exclusive to WineLovers' are movie dialogue and contemporary song lyrics questions that have a reference to wine (see sample below). Also unique to the game are the health related questions which deal with the effects of drinking wine. Even if aplayer has to guess at the answer, they will enjoy increasing their wine knowledge.

The final category, WinePro, explores facts like the wine's country of origin, the grape variety and whether it has been aged in oak. Because the answers to these types of question are typically on the wine's front label, the game uses a blind tasting format. Thus a sheet covers the label, so only the person who brought the wine knows the answers. These questions stimulate lots of opinions, so until the right answer is found there is always lots of friendly banter.

Excellent Icebreaker before Dinner

WineLovers' Challenge™ includes a Wine Taste & Aroma Chart as well as general wine information sheet on major wine grape varieties and regions in the world. Any wine; red, white, sparkling, fruit or dessert wine can be tasted and evaluated. When entertaining friends before dinner it is a great way to stimulate interaction. It can also be fun to play at a planned wine & cheese party or at a moment's notice when friends drop in.

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SAMPLE trivia type Question
Which 2003 Grammy Awards nominated Song of the Year has this lyric?
"My heart is drenched in wine....But you'll be on my mind"
a) Complicated b) Don't Know Why c) The Rising d) A Thousand Miles

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WineLovers' Challenge™ and Real Fun Gifts Inc. are located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada with warehouse facilities in Niagara Falls, New York. WineLovers' Challenge™ can be purchased via a secure on-line shopping cart at www.wineloverschallenge.com with Visa/MC processing in U.S. dollars or alternatively by phone at 1-877-277-6655. It is presently available in 13 states in the U.S.A. In Canada, there are the retailers from Halifax to Vancouver. Retailers with their names and addresses are on the web site page with new outlets are being added every couple of weeks.

Answer b)
Don't Know Why, performed by Norah Jones, has this lyric and was chosen as Song of the Year as well as winning Record of the Year. It is from the album, Come Away with Me, which also won Album of the Year while Norah Jones, herself also took the honors for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance as well as Best New Artist. Other nominees for Song of the Year which indicated in the question were performed and written by a) Avril Lavigne c) Bruce Springsteen and d) Vanessa Carlton.







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