A wine tasting party is a great way to gather friends and family and enjoy the simple pleasures of quality wine. A wine tasting needs more than cheese and wine to make it a memorable party so why not include a few movie choices for guests to watch as well.

There are wine tasting theme related movies to get everyone is the spirit of all things wine. Sideways is a dramatic comedy follows recently divorced failed novelist Paul Giamatti as he takes his engaged struggling actor best friend Thomas Haden Church on a weeklong trip to California's wine country. While spending their vacation drinking wine, golfing and assessing their lives meet a feisty wine steward Sandra Oh and philosophical waitress Virginia Madsen.

Another wine tasting movie that may be of interest is Bottle Shock. Bottle Shocks is the story of the early days of California wine making featuring the blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as Judgment of Paris (based on a true story). Following British wine connoisseur Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) from his shop in Paris to the fledgling wineries of California's Napa Valley, he challenges the locals to a blind taste test. Spurrier finds his snooty confidence and preconceived notions about Americans and wine challenged by a tenacious vintner (Bill Pullman).

A wine tasting party, besides having movies and music to enjoy, needs party supplies and decorations perhaps. Easy decorations to make may include a wine tasting banner that read Welcome To (insert name) Wine Tasting Spectacular. Include party favors and take home items such as bottle openers, glasses, wine cork candles, coasters, and personalized napkins. Not everyone will know the first thing about wine but that should not detour the guests from enjoying themselves.