Wine Bloggers to Name Top Taster

Blind Tasting Challenge at Bloggers Conference

With wine bloggers playing a key role in recommending wines for consumers and in discovering new wines that deserve consumer attention, the upcoming "Top Taster" competition at the October Wine Bloggers Conference takes on important meaning.
"The majority of wine blogs published today focus on reviewing and rating wines," said Joel Vincent, Executive Director of the OpenWine Consortium, which is organizing the October 24-26 conference. "Having a little competition among the bloggers in attendance will be lots of fun and give some lucky and talented bloggers bragging rights until we can crown a new champion!"

Culinary Institute of America To Oversee Blogger Tasting Competition
The Culinary Institute of America, one of America's top wine and food educational institutions, will oversee the tasting competition at the Wine Bloggers Conference. The CIA will also be providing the top prize for the Top Taster.

Wine Bloggers will be confronted with a series of wines about which they only know the color. Their task will be to identify the varietal, the vintage and the wine's place of origin, or match the wine to the bottle description. The winner will be crowned Top Taster.
The 2008 Wine Bloggers Conference will take place in Santa Rosa, California in Sonoma County at the Flamingo Resort. Set for October 24-26, the conference is open to wine bloggers as well as industry professionals who want to learn more about how bloggers are affecting the wine industry.