A Father's Day Wine Challenge

My dad is very much a oenophile, so my sister and I devised a wine tasting challenge for father's day. A holiday is not considered a real holiday in our house without a little competition.

We blind-tasted five varietals, all red, all domestic: merlot, cabernet sauvignon, petite syrah, zinfandel, and pinot noir.

We covered the labels with brown paper, numbered one through five. At stake was a small prize - some steak spice from the new spice shop in town.

(we removed the foil, too, after I took this picture.)

We let the wine breathe for half an hour and then everyone tasted and tried to guess... 

And guess who won... 

Big surprise. Showing off his prize. Note the t-shirt.

Happy Fathers Day to my dad!