Fill your wine night with laughter and great memories with these drinking games that are guaranteed to elevate your bonding experience.
Wine nights are always an awesome way to bond with your friends. As you pour drink after drink, conversation flows and you connect on a deeper level with them. Injecting fun and games into the occasion makes wine nights even more enjoyable because you have the chance to see a different side of your friends through the various interactions inspired by on-theme activities.
Whether you are doing your upcoming wine night virtually, while in front of your personal laptop, or you are entertaining face to face, playing games while at it will allow you to pass the time in meaningful ways.
8 Awesome Games for your Next Wine Night
Fill your wine night with laughter and great memories with these drinking games that are guaranteed to elevate your bonding experience.
- Speed Facts
Speed facts is a game best played among close friends who know a lot about each other because it involves spitting facts back and forth with your competitor.
A player who either states an incorrect fact or takes too long to give information will get a strike. Participants who get three strikes in a row will be required to take a shot or a big sip off their wine glass. You can continue playing speed facts until participants run out of facts that they know.
- Draw the Wine Label
See your friends’ artistic sides with this easy drawing game. You aren’t required to be a Van Gogh or Kadinsky to pull this one off because it’s all done in the name of good fun. Have several bottles of wine ready for a blind tasting. Contestants should not be able to see their labels. Pour a drink for each participant and have them draw what they think would be the perfect label for the wine they tasted.
- Wine Bingo
Make wine-themed bingo cards by putting a type of wine in each square, like Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and others. Contestants will then have a blind taste test. Have them put a token on the square that they think matches the wines they sample. Check for accuracy when one of them yells, “Bingo!”
- Never Have I Ever
This classic drinking game can be played whether you are chugging down beer, homemade cocktails, tequila shots, or your favorite Spanish wines. Have a glass ready and take turns saying one thing you have never done in your life. If you have done what a participant has said, drink up. This will initiate interesting topics, so it is a safe choice for those who want to make deeper connections with their friends.
- Wine Bottle Ring Toss
If you are entertaining at home, have your guests bring a bottle of their favorite wine. Set the bottles up in a triangular formation, ensuring ample spacing to avoid overcrowding.
Just before people depart, have each person toss a ring at the bottle of their choice from a few feet away. Participants get to take home the bottle where their ring lands. This way, no one goes home empty-handed, and you get to know each other a little better through your wine preferences.
- The Price is Right: Wine Edition
Are you among the company of some serious wine drinkers? Know for sure by inspiring some friendly competition and see if your guests can taste the difference between cheap and pricey wine. Everyone gets a piece of pen and paper before being served various wine variants at different price points. Participants who guess the correct price of the wine come closest to the actual value get points.
- Category Game: Wine Night Edition
The Category Game can be played either for virtual or face-to-face wine nights. Choose a category, then go round the table or take turns naming items within a chosen theme or category. Anyone who falters or repeats another person’s answer will be eliminated. Stay on topic by using alcohol drink-themed categories like white wines, whisky brands, bar cocktails, hard drinks, and others.
- Truth or Dare or Drink
One of the participants will state a dare or ask you to tell the truth. If you choose truth but cannot respond to the query, your opponent will drink the wine. If you choose dare but are unable to do or finish it, your challenger drinks the wine. Take turns doing this and have a ball as everyone gets happily sloshed while playing.
Sip, sip, hurray
Having a couple of curated drinking games and activities lined up for your wine night will help break the ice, especially if you have not seen or talked to your friends in a while. It also allows you to know your acquaintances on a deeper level, enhance your communication skills, reinforce connections, and bring out each person’s lighter side.
Keep in mind to drink responsibly. Be aware of everyone’s limits to ensure that you get the most out of your most awaited quality time with each other. Of course, don’t drink and drive.
