Italy world champion in blind wine tasting – Switzerland second
Published: Saturday, Oct 12th 2024, 20:10
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Italy has won the world championship in blind wine tasting for the first time. At Château Dauzac in Médoc in south-western France, the Italian team beat the teams from Switzerland and Taiwan, who finished in second place on equal points.
France, who have already won the World Cup three times, finished 28th in the competition on Saturday.
The Blind Tasting World Championship was held for the twelfth time. Teams from 39 countries took part in the competition. The tasting program opened with a Spanish sparkling wine from the Corpinnat wine-growing region south of Barcelona and ended with a French white wine from the Jura.
In between, wine from New Zealand, Italy, Germany, Argentina and Lebanon was served.
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