Munskänkarna
Munskänkarna is a
As of 2006, the Swedish branch of Munskänkarna had over 19,000 members in 137 chapters, of which 129 in Sweden and 8 in other countries. In Finland there were 13 chapters in the Finnish-speaking organisation and 9 chapters in the Swedish-speaking organisation. Munskänkarna claims to be the world's largest wine tasting organisation.
Activities of Munskänkarna primarily include wine tastings and wine-related courses. The courses are organised much in the same way as those of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust: there are several different levels of progressing difficulty, and both a theoretical and a practical (i.e., blind tasting of wine) test at each level, plus a thesis at the highest level. Munskänkarna in Sweden publishes a magazine (Munskänken) where, among other things, most new wines appearing in the Swedish monopoly wine stores (Systembolaget) are reviewed.