{"id":1564,"date":"2018-04-12T10:25:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T08:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2018-04-12T10:25:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T08:25:42","slug":"entre-deux-mers-challenge-chateau-roquefort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/entre-deux-mers-challenge-chateau-roquefort\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTRE-DEUX-MERS CHALLENGE AT CHATEAU ROQUEFORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ch\u00e2teau Roquefort is proud to be hosting the judges of the 5<sup>th<\/sup> Entre-deux-Mers Challenge on Friday, April 13, 2018. The Challenge \u2013 a competition open to wines from the whole Entre-deux-Mers region stretching between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers \u2013 is aimed at showcasing the variety and wealth of the region\u2019s terroirs and appellations. All five wine colours (dry whites, sweet whites, ros\u00e9s or clairets, reds and cr\u00e9mants) are present across fifteen different appellations.<\/p>\n<p>The know-how of our region\u2019s growers will be in the spotlight in a blind tasting conducted by a panel of qualified judges (oenologists, restaurateurs, n\u00e9gociants) \u2013 this year headed by David Cobbold, a wine expert, journalist and commentator, including on SudRadio.<\/p>\n<p>The judges will give each participating vintage a score using a 100-point scale: for a score from 82 to 84, wines will win a silver medal and from 85 on up, wines will be awarded a gold medal. Based on the scores, a list of winners will be drawn up, featuring the best Entre-deux-Mers wines ready for drinking this year. In each colour category, the \u201cChallenger 2018\u201d title will be awarded to the gold medallist wine having received the highest score.<\/p>\n<p>After a morning devoted to tasting and a lunch with perfect food-wine pairings, we\u2019re delighted to be taking all the judges on a tour of our estate. We are truly honoured to have been chosen as the host for this event that highlights our region\u2019s perfect balance between wine tourism, heritage, culture and bicycle touring \u2013 a region where the growers are great at welcoming visitors and sharing their passion for wine. We will be sure to keep you posted about the outcome of the Challenge!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d like to invite you to tour our estate and taste our latest vintages, too. Please feel free to give us a call at +33(0)556 239 748.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ch\u00e2teau Roquefort is proud to be hosting the judges of the 5th Entre-deux-Mers Challenge on Friday, April 13, 2018. The Challenge \u2013 a competition open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-les-actualites"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-roquefort.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}