Top Tasting Game

Chapter 137 Filling Wine at the Blind Tasting (Part [-])
In blind tasting, the method of elimination is very useful.

Although there are many regions in the world that grow grapes and make wine, it boils down to a few influential countries and regions.These production areas are mainly planted with one or several kinds of characteristic grapes.Therefore, as long as you observe the color of a wine and taste the taste of a grape, you can rule out other producing areas that obviously do not grow that grape.

Once some production areas are excluded, the target scope will be further narrowed, and it will be a step closer to find out the real production area, winery, wine type and other information of the wine.

Blind tasting is actually like a detective solving a case. After finding clues, stripping away cobwebs, determining the time, defining the place, and finally finding out the "true murderer (wine)".

While Yan Jia was getting closer to his goal, Zhou Qiangqiang was also desperately searching the memory in his head, trying to match the body and aroma of the wine.

At this time, several judges of this competition have come down from the stage to inspect the performance of the candidates in the blind tasting, including the gesture of holding the cup, the angle of viewing the color, the sound of tasting, and the cleanliness and consistency of the notes sex and so on.

Zhou Qiangqiang saw the judges coming, and immediately cheered up, pretending to mutter to himself: "This wine is full-bodied and tastes relatively high in alcohol. This can tell us, This wine comes from an area with abundant sunshine and warm climate, and we can target the production areas in California, Australia and Spain.”

These words were whispered enough that it was difficult for the candidates next to him to hear them, but they happened to reach the ears of the judge who was watching him, and the judge patted him on the shoulder and said: "Yes, keep working hard. But, Better not let other candidates hear, or they may steal your tasting results."

Encouraged by the judges, Zhou Qiangqiang was flattered and hurriedly said "thank you".He glanced at Jiang Feng beside him, and saw that Jiang Feng was standing where he was, neither tasting wine nor taking notes.Zhou Qiangqiang sneered in his heart: "I don't know how to play, do you? Let me see how you get out!"

While Zhou Qiangqiang was gloating, he encountered a problem himself.

He smelled a hint of coconut in the fruity aroma of this wine.Where does this smell come from?What kind of wine is it?Zhou Qiangqiang was stuck.

He was really a little confused.

He couldn't help raising his head and looking around, he saw Yan Jia, Jin Zhongzhao and others were continuing to taste and record, as if they hadn't encountered any problems.

"Could it be that I'm going to get stuck on this problem?" Zhou Qiangqiang was very unwilling, "Anyway, I'll just get one, maybe I'm lucky, and I'm right?"

Therefore, Zhou Qiangqiang was deceived by an Australian "Syrah".

Syrah is generally called "Syrah", and in Australia it is called "Shiraz", which can be translated as "Shiraz". They are actually the same variety, but they are called differently.Typical aromas of Syrah are raspberry, blackberry, leather, and spicy.

Australia's first Shiraz grape was introduced in 1832 by James Busby, the "Father of Australian Wine". He brought back some grapevines from Spain and France and planted them in Australia, including Shiraz. .Later, it was discovered that Syrah is very adaptable to the local hot climate. Since then, Syrah has flourished in Australia and become one of the country's representative grape varieties.

As for the winery, of course it is "Ben Fu". In Australia, "Ben Fu" is a well-known winery. In a blind tasting like today, it is impossible to use those little-known wineries.

Ok, deal!Zhou Qiangqiang wrote down the results of the "covered" on the record card.

As a blind taster, Jin Zhongzhao also hesitated about the production area, but he was more sensitive to the coconut aroma in the wine.

Regarding this coconut fragrance, Jin Zhongzhao once heard his cousin Jin Shibao explain that this coconut fragrance has something to do with oak barrels.American oak barrels have this coconut flavor.

Jin Zhongzhao suddenly remembered that in the theoretical examination questions in the morning, there was also a difference between American oak barrels and French oak barrels, and this coconut fragrance was mentioned in it!

So, the wine is an American wine, most likely a California wine.

And Yan Jia, after the previous viewing and smelling, began to taste wine.

She originally thought that she might encounter difficulties in the process of tasting.

However, after a shallow taste of the wine, it became clear at once.She is familiar with this wine because she has had it before.At that time, it was still a difficult time for the Regent Hotel, and she had just served the roasted pork as the main course, so she recommended this wine to the guests to eat with the roasted pork!
Thinking of this level, Yan Jia felt that the previous look and smell became a bit redundant. If she drank it as soon as it came up, she would have recognized this wine a long time ago.

With a happy mood, Yan Jia quickly wrote her tasting results on the card.

"I wonder how Jiang Feng tasted?" Yan Jia thought of Jiang Feng and turned her head away.

She found Jiang Feng standing there, as if he hadn't started yet.His bottle was still on the table, his glass was empty.Yan Jia became a little worried, couldn't he taste it?

At this time, it wasn't just Yan Jia who was observing Jiang Feng.

At the other end of the room, Mr. Li, who was a judge, was also looking at Jiang Feng.

For Mr. Li, a junior like Jiang Feng was completely out of his sight.However, Jiang Feng took two good wines, OPus One and Romanee-Conti, from his mouth.Boy, you are taking food from a tiger's mouth, do you know it!
Mr. Li just couldn't get over this hurdle.

In addition, in the theory test this morning, Jiang Feng won another "tied for first place", which made Mr. Li even more upset.

Mr. Li even had a small thought in his mind, should he create some obstacles for Jiang Feng?This kind of thought, which popped up in the heart of a big man like Mr. Li, seemed a little wretched.However, Mr. Li did have such an idea in his heart at the time.

However, this kind of thinking disappeared now, because he had paid attention to Jiang Feng for a long time just now, and found that he didn't move at all.

Mr. Li thought to himself: "This kid, doesn't he know how to play blind tasting?"

Mr. Li thought so just now, but saw Jiang Feng slowly pick up the wine bottle for blind tasting and pour wine into his glass.

Instead of pouring out a little, he poured out a full cup, picked it up, and drank it in one gulp.

He even smashed his lower lip, as if enjoying himself, poured another full cup into the cup, and took another sip.

"Damn it, hasn't this kid ever drank alcohol!" Elder Li couldn't help cursing, "Come and drink at the blind tasting!"

But the problem is that in the rules of the competition, there is no restriction that the contestants must not drink heavily.

(End of this chapter)