THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, AND THE TOP WINES IN THE UK ARE…

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It was so much fun a couple of weeks back to head on up to Manchester and lend my palate and wonderful jokes to the People’s Choice Wine Awards.  Started up by Janet Harrison a couple of years back, this years awards saw a threefold upswing on entrants for both the wines and for judging slots…

 

WINELOVERS CALL THE SHOTS IN ROUND 1

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Winelovers from across the UK getting a few judging tips in Round 1

The whole point of these awards is that it’s about wine enthusiasts alongside people who do all this wine judging stuff for a living.  All opinions are equal when we’re all drinking the same stuff.  Seems fair enough to me 🙂

Round one is judged solely by keen-bean, amateur wine drinkers who have clearly got the palate to know a good wine from the rest.  Over 200 people applied to be judges, and those chosen were pitted against categories such as “Girls Night In” and “Pizza Night”, with a major scoring criteria of “would you buy it yourself?”

 

 

THE SUPERSTARS JUDGE ROUND 2

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The superstar tasters that has to put up with my terrible jokes in Round 2

I was asked to come and help in Round 2 to finalisethe shortlists for the awards, alongside wine-o mates such as Amelia Singer, Sorcha Holloway, Peter Ranscombe, and Sumita Sarma.

But the judging contingent was boosted by the “superstars” of Round 1, those judges that showed a keen nose, palate, and had no problems getting their opinions out there.  As it should be.   Was a pleasure to be wedged in between the likes of Dan Doherty and Claire Hearnden.

 

 

BRUSHING OF THE TUX FOR AWARDS NIGHT

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The motley crew for round 2, yours truly hid at the back…

So the shortlists for the categories are out there, you can get a full view of them in Richard Siddle’s piece for The Buyer.

We’re all just waiting for 25th February up at the comedy Store in Manchester for the awards night.  I wonder what I’ll wear? 😉

Cheers

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