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A Visit to Domaine Louis Bovard and the Beautiful Lavaux Region | CUBWTS
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Cambridge University Blind Wine Tasting Society. A Visit to Domaine Louis Bovard and the Beautiful Lavaux Region. Asymp; Leave a comment. This March, we sent five members of our team plus our coach, David Beall, to the Millésime competition hosted by the students of Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) in Switzerland. While the details of that competition will wait for another post, an account cannot be complete without mentioning the special trip organised for us by our hosts to Domaine Louis Bovard. You a...
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The Team | CUBWTS
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Cambridge University Blind Wine Tasting Society. All you need to be on the team is a love of wine and thirst for knowledge! But the fun doesn’t stop there! Hannah Price (Captain), Natasha Redcliffe, Matthew Richardson, Rhys James, Ellie Kim, Michelle Vickers and Felix Nissen. With thanks to all our supporters and bufties, and especially our main coaches: David Beall, James Hutchinson and Katherine Smith. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Follow Blog via Email.
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Competitions 2012 | CUBWTS
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Cambridge University Blind Wine Tasting Society. Every year, the wine tasting calendar becomes even more packed with exciting blind wine tasting international competitions. We send our team. To many of these, and are very grateful to the organisers and sponsors of all these meetings. Here is a brief introduction to the competitions we have attended and shall attend in 2012, while fuller accounts may be found in the blog posts on the rest of the website. 59th Annual Varsity Match, February 2012. For the f...
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Let the tastings begin… | CUBWTS
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Cambridge University Blind Wine Tasting Society. Let the tastings begin…. Asymp; Leave a comment. A new year of blind wine tasting has begun! It all looks terribly scary when you first arrive, but what fun it quickly becomes when the tasting and mixing begins in your very own mini wine laboratory. Acid disgusting, alcohol disgusting, sugar yum, tannins disgusting. All mixed together in equal measures surprisingly palatable. Lesson one learned. Next up, the bit we are all here for, the wines:. Remember th...
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A Tasting Showcase | CUBWTS
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Cambridge University Blind Wine Tasting Society. Asymp; Leave a comment. Every term, we are very privileged to taste wines with the Downing fellows in an evening showcase of blind tasting. Our Senior Treasurer, Richard Stibbs, kindly invites us along to try some wines and give our notes and guesses to the assembled party. Its always a fabulous opportunity to try some interesting wines, to test our skills and to show that blind tasting really can work! Yesterday was the turn of the team. Wine, effectively...
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The Subtle Wines | CUBWTS
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Cambridge University Blind Wine Tasting Society. Asymp; Leave a comment. We always knew it was going to be a tough one. Eric had warned me the previous year over a bottle of Chianti Classico that his dream was to give us six Muscadets and watch us writhe. So naturally, as we sat there stumped, my guess on the first wine was ‘Muscadet’, but it wasn’t. That was the next one. This Sunday, we welcomed back Eric Denton to host our weekly tasting. Eric was on the team last year and President of CUWS. The last ...
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Training Begins for the Left Bank Bordeaux Cup | CUBWTS
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Cambridge University Blind Wine Tasting Society. Training Begins for the Left Bank Bordeaux Cup. Asymp; Leave a comment. Left Bank Bordeaux Cup. In a few months, Cambridge will be taking part in one of the biggest amateur tasting competitions in the world. The Left Bank Bordeaux Cup (previously known as the Vingt Sur Vin) is hosted by the Commanderie du Bontemps de Médoc, Graves, Sauternes et Barsac. And challenges student wine lovers on their knowledge of left bank Bordeaux wines. The best preparation i...
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April | 2012 | CUBWTS
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Cambridge University Blind Wine Tasting Society. Victory for Cambridge at Millésime 2012! April 7, 2012. On Saturday 24th March, our team competed in and won the Millésime wine competition at the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL).It is only …. Continue reading →. A Visit to Domaine Louis Bovard and the Beautiful Lavaux Region. April 2, 2012. This March, we sent five members of our team plus our coach, David Beall, to the Millésime competition hosted by the …. Continue reading →. Follow Blog via Email.