We were fortunate enough to have renowned wine writer, sommelier Randy Caparoso join us for a blind tasting with our LAIC scholars . . . here’s his blog post:
Visiting wine scholar Andrew Mihm blind tasting six Lodi wines with six comparable wines from Southern France.
This past Wednesday, June 9, Acquiesce Winery owner/grower/winemaker Sue Tipton pulled out a tool from her box familiar to all wine regions that have been in the process of carving out an identity recognizable to wine consumers and wine professionals all around the world: A double-blind tasting comparing three of her Lodi estate grown wines with three classic examples of wines made from the same grapes, grown and produced in France.
In this case, there were five “guinea pigs,” so to speak, tasting these wines, parsing their differences. The five tasters were scholars who had been invited by an organization of Lodi vintners and growers known as LAIC (the Lodi Appellation Inclusion Collective). Tipton asked the visiting wine students to see if they could identify the wines based upon what they had learned about Lodi winegrowing during visits to vineyards and wineries the previous two and a half days. See more . . .