Group Pours

GPAT

The Group Pours Approach to Tasting.

GPAT is the structured tasting framework Group Pours uses for every flight. It walks the same arc as the classic systematic tasting approaches — appearance, nose, palate, conclusions — but with friendlier wording, rewritten scales, and original prompts you won't find in any wine certification syllabus.

What's in a GPAT sheet

  • Verdict — good or faulty. Above everything else.
  • Appearance — clarity, intensity, and a colour picker calibrated to actual wine cores and rims (purple, ruby, garnet, tawny, brown for reds; straw → amber for whites).
  • Nose — condition, intensity, ready-to-drink, and a multi-select aroma cloud (sage badges = aroma) you can also tag for the palate.
  • Palate — sweetness, acidity, tannin, alcohol, body, flavour intensity, finish; same aroma/flavour cloud (wine badges = flavour) so the connection between nose and palate is explicit.
  • Sparkling axes — bead fineness, bead persistence, mousse, cordon — only when the wine is bubbly.
  • Conclusions — balance.
  • Guesses (in blind mode) — varietal, country, region, vintage, price tier. Scored by your host.

Why a new framework

The classic certification frameworks are precise but assume you've spent a year learning their vocabulary. GPAT keeps the rigor — same axes, same diagnostic value — but rewrites the prompts in everyday English so a first-time taster and a Master of Wine can fill the same sheet and compare notes.

It's also designed for groups. Every taster's sheet rolls up into an aggregate the host reveals one wine at a time — so the room shares its impressions instead of tasting in isolation.

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