The Second Great Twitter Blind Wine Tasting Event
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Posted January 22nd, 2010 by Michael Kane
Following on from the success - oh, well ok, the sheer good craic - of the Twitter Event Blind Tasting (twebt) experiment by Brian Clayton and Kevin Crowley back in November, we were honoured and delighted to be asked to pick and supply the second bottle to go into cyber-tasting!
The event is open to anyone and everyone who enjoys a glass of the old elixir, and having a bit of interaction and fun over the web while they’re at it. All you need is a Twitter account and a glass, and we’ve put together a special price to ensure you can participate from anywhere in country for less than €20.
The time for the synchronised tasting is Sunday 31st January at 8.00pm. All you have to do is follow Brian (@brianclayton), Kevin (@kevatfennsquay), and/or ourselves (@curiouswines), and use the tag #twebt in all your tweets. We’ll also post a revised listing of everyone registered by next Friday (29th) so you can follow everyone on the night.
Bottles will be wrapped discretely to hide the labels. The only rule is one of honour - you don’t look at the label until everyone’s tasted and compared notes. Other than that, it’s a free-for-all. Have a swirl, get your nose in, have a glug, tell the world.
I’ve selected the bottle myself and have put together a special price including delivery anywhere in the country, for just €19. You can also call into the warehouse here in Bandon and collect it over the counter for €14.
Last orders online Thursday 28th January, 1.00pm, or collect from the warehouse up to Saturday 30th, 6.00pm. Thanks a million to Brian and Kevin for organising and the kind invitation.
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
[...] (twitter event, blind tasting) is a wine tasting on twitter. You buy the mystery bottle of wine and at the appropriate time you open it, taste it and we all try to guess what sort of wine it is. [...]
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:14 pm
thanks guys - I’m really looking forward to this. I’m already trying to guess what the mystery wine is
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Great work Mike, and many thanks again for the bargin shipping offer. Fantastic Value if ya think about it.
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Excellent video Mike
Looking forward to this blind tasting, should be good craic. And to future curious vids of course.
January 22nd, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Thanks guys. Ah shucks Kev, sure we try
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:52 pm
[...] Curious wines are following in the footsteps of Bubble Brothers who ran the firss Twitter tasting and the concept is as follows: [...]
January 24th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
[...] of the first Twitter Event Blind Tasting (twebt), Brian and Kevin with the able assistance of local Curious Wines have organised the second twebt for next Sunday, 31st of January at [...]
January 26th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
I can’t think how you arranged that delivered price, but it’s brilliant news for anyone who’s even half interested in joining in.
I’m sorry I can’t take part this time, but I don’t mind too much, because I’m pretty confident that such a good idea will run and run.
January 27th, 2010 at 6:22 am
We actually picked up the wine from Aldi Julian. €3.99 on a bin-end. Just don’t tell anyone, it’ll make for a real surprise tasting
January 27th, 2010 at 11:00 am
[...] go here to buy the bottle. you can buy in person in bandon, or online to anywhere in Ireland for 19. You [...]
January 29th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
[...] of Friday 29th January at 5pm, we have 13 people taking part in our Twitter Blind Wine Tasting, but it’s not too late for you to join in this Sunday (January 31st at 8pm) if you live in [...]