B Wine is pleased to have participated in the LBBC European Qualifications held in London on Saturday, March 23rd, 2024, this past weekend. Hosted by the Commanderie du Bontemps de Médoc et des Graves, de Sauternes et Barsac, one of the oldest and most significant French wine brotherhoods.
The competition is reserved for Wine Clubs of the best Universities and Grandes Ecoles in the world, divided into four zones: North America Zone, Asia Zone, European Zone, and France Zone.
This year’s competitors at the LBBC 2024 European final were:
- Università Bocconi
- University of Cambridge
- Copenhagen Business School
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Esade Business School
- ETH Zürich
- London Business School
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Maastricht University
- Oxford University
- University of St Gallen
- Technical University of Munich
The objectives of the Cup are to promote the great wines of the Left Bank of Bordeaux and to bring together students from different cultures who share the same passion: wine.
London’s qualifications saw a competitive final on Saturday, conducted under the eyes of jury members of Bordeaux’s Commanderie du Bontemps: Jean-Pierre Foubet (Château de Camensac, Château Chasse-Spleen), François Nony (Château Caronne Ste Gemme), Céline Villars-Foubet (Château Chasse-Spleen, Château de Camensac), Lucas Leclercq (Château Fourcas Dupré, Château D’Agassac).
The competition started with 10 multiple-choice questions worth 2 points apiece, on general knowledge and technical questions on the vineyards and châteaux of Bordeaux’s Left Bank, with 1 minute of answer time per question.
The list of topics contestants can be questioned on includes:
- Appellation (regulation, location)
- Members of the Commanderie: brokers, wine merchants, or Châteaux
- Grape varieties
- Soil
- Technical aspects (cellars or wine)
- Châteaux (owner families, location, label, architecture, fun facts)
- Commanderie du Bontemps (organization, galas, history)
The multiple-choice questions were followed by a blind tasting test. Three series of three questions comparing three wines. Scoring on 30 points. Q1 = 5 points, Q2 = 3 points, Q3 = 2 points with 2 minutes of answer time per question.
This year’s Left Bank Bordeaux Cup grand final, to be held at Château Duhart-Milon in Pauillac, France in June, will include teams from University of Cambridge in the UK and University of St Gallen, Switzerland.
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