Episode 2 of ‘You Don’t Know Paso’ show released
PasosBestWines.com released today a new web episode of “You Don’t Know Paso.” It’s second in a seven-part wine tasting game show hosted by Chris Kern, founder of PasosBestWines.com, an online wine shop for boutique wineries in Paso Robles.
In episode 2, Adam LaZarre, winemaker of LaZarre Wines, Lannon Rust, wine director for Thomas Hill Organics restaurant, and Scott Brennan, publisher of the San Luis Obispo County Visitors Guide and this newspaper, compete head-to-head, tasting the Vista Del Rey 2013 San Miguel District “Toro Negro” Barbera and determining who knows the wine best without knowing anything about it. One of our experts is able to correctly guess the producer just by tasting the wine– something very few sommeliers and wine experts can do!
“You Don’t Know Paso” tests the wine skills, tasting ability, and guile of six Paso Robles wine experts as they are asked to taste wines completely “blind” and score points by identifying the wine’s key components. Similar to popular televised poker tournaments, the viewers will know all aspects of the wine as the experts taste, so they can play along at home and judge how close the experts come to the correct answers.
The experts challenge each other; mock and intimidate; confer, defer and demur; sniff, swirl, and sip; and ultimately put all of their wine tasting experience and skills to the test as they break down the wines and take a stab at identifying its core components: grape variety, vintage, region of origin, producer, and price.
Points are scored in each category for nailing the correct answer or coming close to the price and vintage, with the expert who earns the most points in each episode declared the winner. After the six preliminary round-robin episodes, the three highest cumulative point-earners move on to the grand final, where only the most-skilled expert will walk away with the title of “Grand Champion Taster of Paso Robles.”
New episodes of “You Don’t Know Paso” will be released every Thursday following the premiere until the Grand Final episode, which will air on Thursday, June 30th.
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