Horizon Beverage Co. of Rhode Island hosted a blind tasting competition and test of wine knowledge for trade guests prior to its Wine Expo at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on April 13. Led by Sid Lakhkar, Fine Wine Specialist, Horizon Beverage Co., approximately 35 trade participants made up of guests from accounts, sommeliers and wine connoisseurs were challenged to a blind tasting of six wines—three whites and three reds—with a 30-minute time limit to report their guesses using Wine & Spirit Education Trust criteria. The top eight contestants received a wine education trip to Italy, where they will visit wineries in Piedmont, Tuscany and Veneto in late winter 2024.
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- Sid Lakhkar, Fine Wine Specialist, Horizon Beverage Co. welcomes guests to the blind wine tasting and test of knowledge for trade guests on April 13.
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- The lineup of three red and three white wines for the blind tasting.
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- A setting for competitors.
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- The six wines later revealed were Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc, Albert Bichot Chablis, Marcel Hugg Gewurztraminer, Louis Jadot Gevrey Chambertin, Michele Chiarlo Barolo and Sequoia Grove Cabernet Sauvignon.
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- Contestants used scoring sheets to evaluate each wine in the blind tasting challenge.
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- A pour of white wine number one.
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- A pour of wine number four.
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- Sid Lakhkar, Fine Wine Specialist, Horizon Beverage Co.
Photos by Laura Widness.
