Vinexpo Daily 2019 - Day 3 Edition
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NEWS<br />
©Journal des Palaces<br />
© Jean-Bernard Nadeau<br />
<strong>Vinexpo</strong> Challenge: test<br />
your blind tasting skills<br />
Could you put your tasting skills up against the<br />
Best Sommelier in the World? Come along to<br />
the <strong>Vinexpo</strong> Challenge on May 16 and find out.<br />
Marc Almert, who earlier this year was named<br />
the ASI Best Sommelier of the World, is hosting<br />
a special tasting challenge, sponsored by Vinc<br />
by Cork Supply, where he will take those <strong>Vinexpo</strong><br />
visitors willing to take part through a special<br />
tasting of 10 wines.<br />
The challenge will be to taste the five whites and<br />
five reds, all chosen from wines at the fair, blind,<br />
and then try and identify the grape variety, the<br />
country and the vintage.<br />
The winner who correctly guesses the largest<br />
number of wines will receive two prestigious<br />
bottles from event partner, Baron Philippe de<br />
Rothschild<br />
The event takes place today<br />
between 11am-12.30 pm in<br />
Hall 1 Salle 3<br />
Places are limited<br />
Old and new world<br />
at ‘Vertdevin<br />
Selection’ tasting<br />
A special tasting is being held in Bordeaux on<br />
the evening of May 15 by French wine magazine,<br />
Vertdevin, that is a collaboration of some of the<br />
best wines and spirits from both Old and New<br />
World producers taking part in <strong>Vinexpo</strong>.<br />
Tonight’s event brings together 30 producers<br />
selected by Vertdevin from France, Italy,<br />
Portugal and the US. It will be the chance for<br />
<strong>Vinexpo</strong> visitors to taste and explore wines from<br />
Bordeaux to Champagne, from Piemont to Sicily<br />
and the Douro Valley in a relaxed format at the<br />
end of the day’s show.<br />
The ‘Selection by Vertdevin’ tasting takes place<br />
between 6.30pm and 8.30pm at the Espace<br />
Chapeau Rouge, 9 cours du Chapeau Rouge<br />
33000 Bordeaux (Tram C, Place de la Bourse<br />
or Tram B, Grand Théâtre). To enter you will<br />
need to bring a business card or your <strong>Vinexpo</strong><br />
registration badge<br />
6 VINEXPO DAILY / DAY 3 / WEDNESDAY 15 TH MAY <strong>2019</strong>