Blind tasting organized by Pol Roger in Austria - March 28th 2018
The Austrian blind tasting took place on March 28th 2018 with the three following universities:
- Diplomatische Akademie Wien (Jessica Grün, Jessica Yellow Hair and Stefan Cibulka)
- TU Wien (Florian Przemek, Wolfgang Heinz and Sebastian Floss)
- WU Wien (Raphael Hyee, Georg Fichtenbauer and Philipp Engel)
The WU team won and Raphael Hyee (WU Wien) was the individual winner. Each set of wines was composed of three French wines, one Austrian, one European and one from the New World.
The tasting was held at Wein & Co's from 3pm to 6pm and was followed by a cocktail party and dinner from 6.30pm to 11.30.
The members of the jury were Thierry Voyeux (director of Café Oper Wien, and President of the Jury), Peter Lamprecht (sommelier for L. Derksen & Co, Pol Roger's importer), Axel Gillery (Pol Roger's Brand Ambassador) and Jérémie Huillet (L. Derksen & Co).
On the picture, from left to right: Peter Lamprecht, Thierry Voyeux, Philipp Engel, Georg Fichtenbauer, Raphael Hyee, Jérémie Huillet and Axel Gillery.