{"id":13880,"date":"2018-08-17T15:49:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T22:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=13880"},"modified":"2018-08-17T15:49:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T22:49:31","slug":"wine-tasting-us-open-championship-announces-2018-team-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2018\/08\/17\/wine-tasting-us-open-championship-announces-2018-team-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Tasting US Open Championship Announces 2018 Team USA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lisa Stoll & Kristen Shubert win the Wine Tasting U.S. Open Championship in 2018 (PRNewsfoto\/Wine Acuity)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wine tasting enthusiasts from around the state competed in the US Open Blind Wine Tasting Competition to become Team\u00a0USA<\/span>\u00a0at the upcoming World Wine Tasting Championship being held on\u00a0October 13, 2018<\/span>\u00a0in Chateau Saint-Pierre de Serjac, Languedoc,\u00a0France.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0August 11, 2018<\/span>, 8 teams of 2 converged at the Marina Del Rey Hotel in\u00a0Los Angeles, CA<\/span>\u00a0in hopes of taking home the championship. Each team blind tasted 6 white and 6 red wines from around the world gaining points by identifying its primary grape, country & region of origin, vintage, and producer. In the end two teams emerged as the victors and will be heading to\u00a0France<\/span>\u00a0as Team\u00a0USA<\/span>\u00a0in October.<\/p>\n

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The winners of the US Open Blind Wine Tasting competition:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1st<\/sup>\u00a0place:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Kristin Shubert and Lisa Stoll achieving an impressive 124 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2nd<\/sup>\u00a0place:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Gina Cook and Christine Tanaka took second with a strong 91 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

These two teams will now form the first ever all female Team\u00a0USA<\/span>\u00a0Wine.<\/p>\n

Presented by Wine Acuity, LLC, the Wine Tasting US Open offers wine experts and enthusiasts a chance to compete for the opportunity to represent the US in the World Wine Tasting Competition. Winning this competition isn’t easy. Two of the more challenging wines in the competition confounded all teams for a grand total of zero points scored.<\/p>\n

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The 12 wines the contestants at the Wine Tasting U.S. Open Championship had to identify through blind tasting (PRNewsfoto\/Wine Acuity)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Wine Acuity CEO,\u00a0John Vilja<\/span>, says “Kristen and Lisa, did a remarkable job. A score of 124 points would have put them in top ranks at the World Championship. In fact, they would have been the champions in 2017 with that score.”<\/span>\u00a0Mr. Vilja continues, “They not only identified seven varietals properly, they also named one of the producers correctly, something that is nearly impossible to do.”<\/span>\u00a0Mr. Vilja believes the combined skills of the two teams makes them world class competitors and looks forward to seeing them compete, and hopefully take home the victory, at the world championship.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For information on the Wine Tasting U.S. Open and the World Wine Tasting Championship visit:\u00a0https:\/\/wineacuity.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wine tasting enthusiasts from around the state competed in the US Open Blind Wine Tasting Competition to become Team\u00a0USA\u00a0at the upcoming World Wine Tasting Championship being held on\u00a0October 13, 2018\u00a0in Chateau Saint-Pierre de Serjac, Languedoc,\u00a0France. On\u00a0August 11, 2018, 8 teams of 2 converged at the Marina Del Rey Hotel in\u00a0Los Angeles, CA\u00a0in hopes of taking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[7765,2496,7764,1185],"class_list":{"0":"post-13880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-do","7":"category-lifestyle","8":"tag-2018-team-usa","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-wine-tasting-us-open","11":"tag-wine-tasting"},"yoast_head":"\nWine Tasting US Open Championship Announces 2018 Team USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wine Tasting US Open Championship Announces 2018 Team USA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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