Sip & Savor: Wine Tasting Game

Sip & Savor - Wine Tasting Game by local game designer Dan Hundycz of DPH Games is recommended for 2 to 4 players ages 14+ and plays in 30 minutes.

Sip & Savor is a flavorful card game of strategy and taste. As a master sommelier, you’ll build the perfect hand of wine cards or pair wines with food to score points. Each turn, choose to draw more wine or create a delicious pairing. Tailor your choices to match your sommelier’s personal preferences in wine notes and food styles to earn valuable bonus points. The player with the most refined palate—and highest score—wins!

One of the most remarkable features of “Sip and Savor” is its deep, authentic connection to a real-world location. The game features wines from actual wineries located around Seneca Lake in New York State’s Finger Lakes region. This isn’t just a thematic coat of paint; it’s baked into the very fabric of the experience.

This transforms the game from a generic, abstract exercise into an interactive exploration of a specific region’s terroir. The Wine Cards aren’t just fictional representations; they include authentic flavor notes provided by the wineries themselves. For example, one card for a wine from Wagner Vineyards is described as “Bursting with Lychee fruit and white peach on the nose. Accented with mineral and citrus flavors.” Interestingly, while the winery’s own notes mention citrus, the game classifies this wine with the primary note of Earthy, a great example of how the design abstracts complex profiles into a functional system. By playing the game, you are quite literally getting a curated tasting tour of a celebrated American wine region.