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- Type Download
- SKU WINETST
- Age Range 21 to Adult
- Minimum # of players 5 Suspects
- Max Players (Main Game) 8 Suspects
- Max players available 56: 32 Suspects, 24 Team Roles (1 Team, Expansion Packs Sold Separately)
- Difficulty rating Moderate, 5/10
- Character roles Co-Ed or All-Female by Skipping Optional Male Roles (See Host Character Lists)
- Interactive Extras Wine Tasting Guide* Wine Tasting Cards * Wine-ictionary
- Game Duration 2 to 4 Hours Average (Flexible Timeline)
- Game format Murder & Thievery | Guided Clue Mingling | 4 rounds
- Vibe and Content Notes Ancient Artifacts, Wine & Scandals* Clean Cozy Sophistication
- Date of publication 2007. Last Revised: 2025
An elegant wine-tasting murder mystery party game for 5–8 players, ages 21 and up, with co-ed character roles. The main game may also be played with an all-female group by omitting the optional male roles.
The main game includes 8 unique suspect roles. Three expansion packs, sold separately, add 8 characters each and expand the game to 32 unique suspects, plus an optional team of duplicate wine-taster roles for larger groups.
This sophisticated mystery combines guided clue mingling with wine-tasting instructions, tasting cards, Wine-ictionary, ancient artifacts, scandal, thievery, and murder.
This is the instant download version, so there is nothing to ship and no shipping fee. Simply download, print, prepare, and play!
Prefer a professionally prepared game? Choose the Boxed Kit version, and our staff will professionally print and prepare the game materials for you.
Helpful Links:
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Expansion Pack #1: Adds 8 Characters
Sold separately. Adds 4 female and 4 male roles and expands the game to 16 unique suspects. -
Expansion Pack #2: Adds 8 Characters
Sold separately. Designed to be added after Expansion Pack #1 and expands the game to 24 unique suspects. -
Expansion Pack #3: Adds 8 Characters and an Expandable Team
Sold separately. Designed to be added after Expansion Packs #1 and #2. Expands the game to 32 unique suspects and includes an optional team of duplicate wine-taster roles. -
Free Player Pre-Game Website
Players can get started before the party with costume suggestions, character information, wine-tasting inspiration, and more.
Murder Mystery Party Game Synopsis:
Ivanna Katenka, an enigmatic airport security clerk with a flair for the extraordinary, is hosting an exclusive wine-tasting party at her cozy home in the quaint town of Gladerock.
Known for her impeccable taste in wine and ability to create a tranquil, inviting atmosphere, Ivanna’s gatherings are nothing short of legendary.
This time, however, there is a twist. Since the group’s last gathering, whispers of scandal and intrigue have rippled through this circle of friends.
Despite the lingering tension, Ivanna is determined to bring everyone together. She hopes the clink of glasses, the aroma of fine vintages, and an elegant evening of wine tasting will help mend fractured relationships.
You have received an invitation, and curiosity has drawn you in.
Will the evening bring reconciliation, or will secrets from the past bubble to the surface?
This is where your story begins.
Host a Large-Group Murder Mystery Party Game:
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Main Game: 8 unique suspect characters
- Designed for 5–8 players.
- Five characters are required, and three are optional.
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Expansion Pack #1: 8 additional suspect characters
- Sold separately.
- Includes 4 female and 4 male roles.
- Expands the game to 16 unique suspects.
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Expansion Pack #2: 8 additional suspect characters
- Sold separately.
- Includes 4 female, 1 male, and 3 gender-flexible roles.
- Designed to be added after Expansion Pack #1.
- Expands the game to 24 unique suspects.
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Expansion Pack #3: 8 additional suspect characters
- Sold separately.
- Includes 8 gender-flexible roles.
- Six roles are required when using the required-character group from this pack, and two are optional.
- Designed to be added after Expansion Packs #1 and #2.
- Expands the game to 32 unique suspects.
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Duplicate, Non-Suspect Team Roles:
- Expansion Pack #3 includes an optional team of duplicate wine tasters teamed with Corky Tannins.
- Corky Tannins becomes a required character when the expandable team is used.
- Add up to 25 or more duplicate wine-taster roles for a total group size of 57 or more players.
The number of required characters increases when using the required roles from Expansion Pack #3 or its expandable wine-taster team. Review the Host Character Lists for the packs you purchase before assigning roles.
This is the instant download version of the game. Simply download, print, and prepare everything you need to play, with no shipping fees or delivery wait.
PDF files included:
- Host Instructions
- Printable Game Materials
- Solution
- Optional Extras, such as the free invitation
For the boxed kit, also called the Party Pack, use the link provided on the product page.
Printing Tips
For the best results, open and print the files using Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free from Adobe.com. Other PDF viewers may alter fonts, spacing, colors, page sizing, or interactive features.
- Download the PDF files to your computer and note where you save them before opening or printing.
- Select Actual Size or 100% Scale unless the instructions specify otherwise.
- Do not select Fit to Page, as this may resize cards, labels, or other game materials.
- Confirm that the paper size is set to US Letter, 8.5 × 11 inches.
- Print one test page before printing the complete game.
- Use standard printer paper for any worksheets or investigation sheets.
- Use heavier paper for invitations, clue cards, and other materials that will be handled during the game.
- Print in color when possible for the intended appearance.
- Do not select double-sided printing.
- Allow ink to dry completely before cutting, folding, or assembling the materials.
Printer settings and results may vary by printer.
We had a great time and appreciated the game setup, instructions, and content. Only advice to others is that players share their “secrets” (info only the character is supposed to know) with at least one other player. We kept all secrets to ourselves and, to solve it in the end, we started sharing the secrets with each other and only then could we figure it out. Overall, great mystery game and we definitely want to do another one!
It was easy to organise with all the very detailed documents and it went really smoothly - we had a laugh!!
Game was a lot of fun however the characters were a bit complicated.
We had a GREAT time playing the characters. Loved the pregame items. It got everyone in the mood. The collection of characters was fun and our group were great actors so they really embraced it. Everyone did the accents and the variety of characters was awesome! For the game itself, the story was a rather fantastical and details pretty thin, also the character professions were not well understood by the writers e.g. computer programmer is a different job to tech support but the game used them interchangeably (who cares really, but a guest brought it up and it's details that make something really excel!). Our group is a relatively academic bunch so we craved more detail to pour over and found the murderer to be disappointingly obvious. I spent ages trying to work out which game to pick, even called the help line, but didn't get much guidance. I should have gone for a hard one perhaps? Or maybe some are more tested than others and have more details or more red herrings to discard? Either way, these are finer points that would have made it exceptional (and helped justify the heft package price - incidentally a $80 mark up for printing and envelop stuffing seemed pretty absurd, but maybe given it's a small company labor costs to do that are just that high?!), but as it was, it was really fun, and that's the aim! So while it wasn't exactly as I'd hoped in terms of the complexity of the story, it was an awesome night and we'd love to play one again.
We had a GREAT time playing the characters. Loved the pregame items. It got everyone in the mood. The collection of characters was fun and our group were great actors so they really embraced it. Everyone did the accents and the variety of characters was awesome! For the game itself, the story was a rather fantastical and details pretty thin, also the character professions were not well understood by the writers e.g. computer programmer is a different job to tech support but the game used them interchangeably (who cares really, but a guest brought it up and it's details that make something really excel!). Our group is a relatively academic bunch so we craved more detail to pour over and found the murderer to be disappointingly obvious. I spent ages trying to work out which game to pick, even called the help line, but didn't get much guidance. I should have gone for a hard one perhaps? Or maybe some are more tested than others and have more details or more red herrings to discard? Either way, these are finer points that would have made it exceptional (and helped justify the heft package price - incidentally a $80 mark up for printing and envelop stuffing seemed pretty absurd, but maybe given it's a small company labor costs to do that are just that high?!), but as it was, it was really fun, and that's the aim! So while it wasn't exactly as I'd hoped in terms of the complexity of the story, it was an awesome night and we'd love to play one again.