Guess the WineTest your wine knowledge and your wine IQ with this interactive Blind Tasting Challenge! 🍷 Can you identify the wine before the clues run out?
In this third episode of our “Guess the Wine (Blind Tasting Challenge)” series, we turn wine education into a game. Whether you are a wine student, a sommelier in training, or just love the world of wine and a good wine quiz, grab a glass and play along.
🎮 How the Game Works:
1. The Tasting: We start with a full sensory analysis (Sight, Nose, and Palate).
2. The Clues: I give you 10 specific clues about the region, winemaking style, and history.
3. The Score: You start with full hearts. For every clue you need to guess the wine, you lose a heart. The earlier you guess, the higher your “Wine IQ” score!
👇 Jump to your favorite part:
00:00 – Intro: Rules of the Blind Tasting Game
01:00 – The Tasting
02:29 – The Game Begins: 10 Clues to Guess the Grape and Region
02:44 – Clue 1
03:10 – Clue 2
03:24 – Clue 3
03:47 – Clue 4
04:07 – Clue 5
04:38 – Clue 6
04:51 – Clue 7
05:08 – Clue 8
05:27 – Clue 9
05:42 – Clue 10
06:02 – THE REVEAL: Did you guess correctly?
06:46 – Score Check: How did you do?
🍷 What you will learn in this video: By playing this wine guessing game, you will learn how to deduce a wine’s origin based on its structural characteristics (alcohol, tannins, acidity) and terroir clues (soil types, climate). This video covers a famous grape and european wine region.
WATCH NEXT:
All our Blind Tasting Challenge Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHnTZ9m3WPv4Aq93zvHJ6Hed2x5lkrU_N
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🥂 ABOUT HOURGLASS OF WINE
We are Jacqueline (an american expat working in the wine industry) and Andrea (a native italian with a serious passion for wine), two certified sommeliers (AIS – Associazione Italiana Sommelier and WSET Level 2 & Level 3 holders) on a mission to make the world of wine accessible, fun, and completely snob-free.
Whether you are a total beginner overwhelmed by the wine aisle, a WSET student, or a seasoned winelover wanting to expand your wine knowledge, you have found your home. We break down the barriers of wine with a dynamic mix of education, entertainment, and travel.
We are based in Alba (Piedmont, Italy), right in the heart of the iconic Langhe wine region – home to the famous Barolo & Barbaresco wines.
5 Comments
Ohhh fun one! Got it in two. Cheers.
Tricky one , lost alot of hearts 😂, the creamy notes led me away
Beeswax had me believing Riesling, the minerality had me bouncing between Sancerre and Chablis. Only when you mentioned Kimmeridgian soil was I certain.
Okay, not really good at white wine but here we go,😂.
Based on your very first description with no clues, I thought 🤔 malolactic fermentation and oak aging for Chardonnay maybe ( California), ripe fruit warm climate and the minerality with stone and sea took me back to White Burgundy. Both wrong after clue 1 and $40’s. The following clues bounced me around. Even to Alberino Rias Baixas. Got to say , no good answer until the reveal, and then it all made sense. I guess what little Chablis I’ve had were young and crisp. And the lack of vanilla should have excluded oak. My bad.
Another very good and fun episode. 😁🍷🍷. Thanks
Well, I had something in mind, then something else … and after (only 😂) 7 hearts, I got it!