If one of the rated wines turned out to be one that you yourself brought, it would be replaced by the wines below it (ie.
The decanters were mixed thoroughly and brought to the table one by one.Įvery attendee could discuss the wine however they wanted to, but we agreed not to guess whose wine it was or not to tell out loud if somebody suspected the wine in question was their own.Īfter we had tasted all the wines, we had to choose our four personal favorites and give them points: 3 to the best one, 2 to the second best one, 1 to the third and 0 to the fourth. All the wines were poured in identical decanters (although the bottom of each decanter was marked differently so we’d know in the end whose wine was in which decanter).
This was a new blind tasting concept we tried last spring: every attendee could bring one single bottle of white wine, which would be pitted against all the other wines.