UK SOMMELIER CHALLENGE

Taylor’s Vintage Port is one of the world’s great iconic wines. Renowned for their massive structure and aromatic power, tempered by a characteristic understatement and restraint, Taylor’s Vintage Port is a wine like no other. Discover the archetypal Port house, whose wines embody the quintessential essence of Port.

We are looking for the very best sommeliers to help lead the Taylor’s Vintage Port movement.

The Taylor’s Port Vintage Year’s | Sommelier Challenge will be hosted and judged by David Guimaraens – Technical Director and Head Winemaker, The Fladgate Partnership / Taylor’s Port.

The challenge will commence with a Vintage Port Seminar and Port Tong Masterclass. Following this, competitors will then blind taste their way through six different Vintage Ports from six different decades.

Competitors will be asked to submit a set list of criteria including tasting notes, suggesting drinking windows and detail on which dishes they see each wine sitting against on their restaurant menu.

Competitors will have one week to refine their answers, before uploading them here.

The Taylor’s Port Vintage Year’s | Sommelier Challenge winner will receive a two-night trip to Porto for two people staying at The Yeatman Hotel, including meals and a private tasting with David Guimaraens as well as a selection of Taylor’s Vintage Port. The runner up and those competitors who are placed third, fourth and fifth, will also receive prizes.