On April 3rd, the Swedish Sommelier *Championship was held at Sergel Hub and in the jury of 7 sat our star sommelier Janni Berndt Dahl from Spesso and the wine enthusiast and restaurateur Karl Ljung from L’Avventura<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The prestigious Swedish Sommelier championship can open many doors for the winner, but to win the competition you must complete three stressful tasks. The competition begins with a service, like they were working as a waiter\/waitress at a restaurant. There are three tables with three groups of people. The first table order a pre-cocktail, the second ordered a suitable choice of wine that would be complementary for their food and the third and last table needed help with their wine. Because they had earlier been served a wine where the waiter forgot to present it and is now in a carafe on the table and they are wondering what wine they are drinking.<\/p>\n The second task is a blind test where a video is presented on a screen with a producer from a vineyard that wishes a dessert wine but not for dessert, for her dinner. This is followed by three wine glasses with dessert wines and each of them is going to be paired with a suitable dish. The dish is only described by the producer with a flavor, \u201chigh acidity\u201d and then the contestant is going to present the dessert wine and explain what types of dishes it will work well with that has high acidity in it.<\/p>\n The third and last task is a theory test, where the participant must answer as many questions as possible on a limited time.<\/p>\n The competition is live-streamed and during the breaks, a presenter entertains the crowd together with various people who are being interviewed, like previous contestant etc. There are also a few wine exhibitors in the venue who present new wines for the season.<\/p>\n It was a great day and this is a fantastic event that we are proud to represent in our house.<\/p>\n