Tasting night planner
Turn a few good bottles into a proper tasting journey.
Your Champagne and Fish & chips pairing is already part of this plan. Now work out timing, guest quantities, water, alcohol-free options and the rest of the menu.
Champagne pairing carried into your plan
Fish & chips · House-style brut
Classic non-vintage Brut. Keep this food-and-Champagne match at the centre of your menu, and plan water and alcohol-free choices alongside it.
Live party planner
Put some numbers around the night.
Change the guest count, duration and budget. We’ll turn that into a conservative stock estimate and a practical service shape for this kind of occasion.
1 bottle
Approx. six small glasses per 75cl bottle.
2 bottles
Approx. six 125ml glasses per 75cl bottle.
1
Individual bottles or cans in the suggested mix.
1 bottle
5 cocktail serves in the mix; base bottle estimate assumes roughly 50ml spirit per serve.
13 serves
Includes deliberate AF provision plus some extra choice for the whole group.
15L / 4kg
A practical minimum starting point; warm weather usually needs more.
The mix is tailored to a tasting night and is meant as a starting point. Swap categories freely: fewer cocktails and more wine, more alcohol-free, or no fizz at all.
Turn the plan into a basket
You have the quantities. Now choose what fills them.
Choose the bottles, cans and alcohol-free options that match the quantities above, then keep them together in your Sipping Basket.
A shape that works
Give the evening a beginning, middle and finish.
Set the theme
Region, grape, style, age, producer or price band gives the tasting a reason to exist.
Taste in order
Move from lighter / subtler to richer / stronger so the early samples are not flattened.
Compare
Use food sparingly and leave room for discussion, notes and a favourite at the end.
What matters most
Use small tasting pours.
Choose contrast rather than six versions of the same thing.
Add water, plain crackers or bread and a clear tasting order.
Build the interesting bits
Take the plan into the rest of Sipping.
Return to Champagne & food
Revisit the pairing rationale and explore related cheeses or dishes.
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ExploreAdd a cheese flight
Choose cheeses that create useful contrasts rather than overwhelm the drinks.
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Start with the cheeses and carry a tested flavour match into your tasting plan.
ExploreHosting checklist
Make the practical bits disappear before guests arrive.
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