So, You Think You Know Wine? – The Tournament – Episode #2.4 – Beringer Founders’ Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

Welcome to episode four of “So, You Think You Know Wine? – The Tournament”.  Join our critics as they rise to a blind tasting challenge to identify the grape, country, region, year and price of the mystery wine.

Season two is in a tournament format, with six preliminary rounds and two elimination semi-finals leading to a championship round.Host Amil Niazi guides David Lawrason, John Szabo MS, Steve Thurlow, Sara d’Amato, Jennifer Huether and Zoltan Szabo through the blind tastings.

There are four parameters the critics are scored on for up to 10 points per wine :
• Varietal = up to 3 points for varietal or style
• Location = up to 3 points (2pts for Country and 1pt for Region)
• Vintage = up to 2 points (2pts for exact year, 1pt for +/- 1 year)
• Price = up to 2 points (2pts for +/- 2.5% of price, 1pt for +/- 10% of price)

After three rounds played John is in the lead. To see how Sara, Steve and John do in round four of “The Tournament” click here. This episode features the Beringer Founders’ Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 from a variety of regions in California.

Click on the above image or here to watch Episode 2-4.

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