The cheapest wine from the supermarket won the international competition (3 photos)

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Once the best sommelier in Belgium, Eric Boschman decided to substitute his colleagues for testing, dragging him to a prestigious wine competition Gilbert et Gaillard is the cheapest supermarket wine at 2.5 Euro. And, oddly enough, he was considered "exquisite", awarding gold medal.



In order for this wine to get into the competition and into the hands of hardened sommelier, had to try a little. Together with the magazine On n'est pas des pigeons Boschman came up with a more attractive label for the drink and elegant name - Chateau Colombier. Premium wine also there must be a story. Therefore, when registering, Boschman said that the wine Produced from exquisite grape varieties grown in Wallonia.

In addition to the above, to participate in the competition you need to make a fee of 50 euros and provide data on the laboratory study of the composition of wine. However, Boschman sent more than expensive wine, and not that incomprehensible wine drink that I bought in supermarket.



And now to the funniest part. First, the organizers of the competition didn't even bother to check the existence of Chateau wine Colombier. And secondly, the jury of the prestigious international competition, admiring, probably, a beautiful label, called the wine from the supermarket "exceptional", "very interesting" drink with "rich taste with clean, youthful scents that promise pleasant complexity." Like this just wine from a cardboard box can outperform competitors from premium segment.

But in fairness, we note that the wine was not tasted only by professional sommeliers, but also by ordinary winemakers, and Chateau Colombier received the gold medal for the total points received.