Blind Tasting Competition Final 2024

Blind Tasting Competition Final

Derrick's Backyard won by a margin of 257 points (very close in the Kahoot world) only in the last round snatching the lead from Sue Fox-Warren and Yvonne Lorkin's Unfiltered Team. In 3rd place was a group of NZ School of Food and Wine students who were also present to help with the event management as Franck's Help, part of a module in the NZ Certificate in Professional Wine Knowledge.  Congratulations to Helen Evans, Axel Jones, Serenity Temu and Abi Griffin.

Tasting, thinking and talking about the wine before the Kahoot starts.

Franck Laruelle pours the wine before the competitors can start to sniff, smell, taste and guess.

A very close result: 1st Derrick's Backyard 25772; 2nd Unfiltered 25515; 3rd Franck's Help 25101.

Congratulations to Franck's Help: Helen Evans, Axel Jones, Serenity Temu and Abi Griffin - placed 3rd.

Here are the wines

Abel, Tasman Chardonnay 2021, Mahi The Alias Sauvignon Blanc 2018 , Dr Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett 2021, Teusner Gabrielle Old Vine Semillon 2012

Henri Bourgeois Sancerre Rouge 2020, Vina Tondonia Rioja Reserva 2008, Stormwood Waiheke Syrah 2019, Chateau Haut-Bages Liberal, Pauillac 2020

Great wines and lots of fun.