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Sommeliers for Consumers (S4C) The new blind Tasting reference Honours Austria's Grüner Veltliner

S4C, short for Sommeliers for Consumers, is the world’s only sommelier tasting council uniting 14 of the world’s greatest sommeliers, amongst whom Gérard Basset, Master Sommelier & Master of Wine, Olivier Poussier, Best Sommelier of the World 2000, Markus del Monego, Best Sommelier of the World 1998, and Isa Bal, Best Sommelier of Europe 2008, to cite but four of the prestigious S4C tasting panel members. The mutual purpose of the S4C council is to provide producers and consumers with an objective reference point regarding wines, spirits and other beverages.

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The first S4C tasting session took place last April and the special theme of this first S4C tasting session was GRÜNER VELTLINER FROM AUSTRIA.
The tasting united 5 out of the 14 tasting panel members.


Andreas Larsson, Best Sommelier of the World 2007
Hervé Pennequin, 3rd Best Sommelier of the World 2004
Roger Dagorn, Sommelier Chanterelle & Master Sommelier
Mark Slater, Sommelier at Michel Richard Citronelle & The James Beard Outstanding Wine Service Award 2007
Dominique Laporte, Best Sommelier of France 2004, Third Best Sommelier of Europe 2004

609 Grüner Veltliner wines have been tasted in the biggest tasting of that kind ever carried out.

The impressive result of this blind tasting underlines the high standard and quality of the Grüner Veltliner wines from Austria, many of which reached scores with 90 points and more.

The magazine can be downloaded as a pdf on the S4C-website www.s-4-c.com

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Sommeliers for Consumers

Léa Nsang

T: + 33 (0) 5 57 81 13 15
E: lea@s-4-c.com

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