Date: Tuesday 3 November 2009

Venue: IPC Magazines, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 (behind Tate Modern)

Time: 18h30 - 21h00

Registration: Please e-mail your expression of interest to the Wharton Club.  First come first served, priority given to Wharton Club members. whartonclub-admin@youngassoc.com

Cost: TBC £30.00 per person, proceeds go to Room to Read, a charity promoting education in developing countries

The competition brings together teams from Wharton, Insead, HBS and LBS to taste wines in aid of charity.  Hosted by Jancis Robinson, each team of five must work out the grape variety, country, region and vintage of four whites and four reds.  it is multiple choice and a team effort - enthusiasm rather than skill a pre-requisite for joining.  The winning team receives a bottle each of vintage Pol Roger, the runners up a non-vintage bottle.  The event will be followed by a Pol Roger reception and possibly dinner.

The competition is 10 years old and originally featured LBS, HBS and Insead.  In our inaugural entry, Wharton had 1 team only and came 2nd out of 12 teams.  This year we are planning on entering 3 teams, each composed of 5 team members.  You do not need to be an expert oenologist to enter - the main goal of the event is to have a fun evening in good company.  We will be forming teams of varying aspirations so look forward to learning your level of wine and blind tasting expertise.

Schedule:

18h30 - Team registration

19h00 - Spectators arrive

19h15 - Competition

20h30 - Champagne for all

21h00 - Results and prize giving

Looking forward to a wonderful event!

Event very kindly organized by Daniel Simon and David Ebstein, WG'06