Grape Off: The Local Wine School Edition w/ David from Newcastle LWS

Welcome to a NEW series of everyone's favourite wine tasting reimagined as a competative sport between Laura and her wine pals. This time we've invited other members of the LWS network to vist Leeds to do battle against Laura. Should be spicy!

For those of you who haven't attended a Grape Off before, it's a simple concept. Two wine pros (in this case Laura + guest Wine School owner) will select a range of wines around a particular theme and price point. Each host will present their wines and their arguments in a bid to win your vote. 

Round 1 (we imagine this a bit like the canapé round on Great British Menu) Head to Head with each host's fave fizz with an RRP under £30. 

Round 2 The Whites The visiting wine school owner picks a grape variety (eg Chardonnay), Laura then picks a country for that grape variety. The guest host then gets to pick a different country for that same grape variety. Each armed with the same grape from a different country, your hosts will select two wines (RRP up to £17.50 and RRP up to £35) to illustrate why their chosen country is the very best place to grow this grape. They will then plead their case to you, the judges. Your votes will be counted and recorded...

Round 3 The Reds We repeat the steps again, but now with Laura picking the grape first and the guest judge has first dibs on the country. In the instance that the hosts are tied on one round each, we'll go back to the votes for best fizz (just like in GBM) to decide the winner...

We promise, it's the most fun you can have on a Saturday afternoon!

10 wines to taste, many arguments to be settled and your votes to decide the winner. 

We have 4 of these in the pipeline, make sure you join us for alot of wine-fuelled fun, and maybe just a splash of education too...

 For our December date we are excited to welcome David Harker from Newcastle Wine School. David shares Laura's love of cricket, Spain and complicated wine books! And they worked a bit together back when Laura was involved in Newcastle Wine School. Expect to see some high quality fizz from this certifed Cava Educator, and like Laura, David is a big fan of that old vine Monastrell from Jumilla...