The San Francisco World Spirits Competition was held on March 15 and 16, and while the results have been released to entrants, I'm curious to see the complete list after yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle blurb mentioned that ten absinthes competed, and the winner-- "Vieux Pontarlier," distilled at the Emile Pernot distillery-- is not even on the market yet.
Update: Results were posted by the organizers, though to see award winners for absinthe, you must click through a finicky menu-- results reposted here (click on the image to the right) for easy viewing. Surprised to see La Fée winning a gold-- that's some lousy absinthe-- looks like the kind of competition where everybody wins.
Friday, March 28, 2008
SF World Spirits Competition: results?
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ReplyDelete"Surprised to see La Fée winning a gold-- that's some lousy absinthe-- looks like the kind of competition where everybody wins."
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly. I was shocked to see Mansinthe besting Duplais Verte as well. Their judge panel may be full of Wine&Spirits contributors and mixologists, but anyone that's ever picked up a copy of W&S knows it's about 99% wine.
I don't know if you saw the February issue, but it's pretty obvious that W&S is just about clueless when it comes to absinthe. They were apparently unaware of Duplais Verte's existance, among others, when the said all absinthe from Switzerland is clear. And they called the legalization "a data thing"...way, way off base. I e-mailed them a lengthy response and did not hear back, most likely because they have their tail between their legs to some degree...
I'll be weighing in heavily when I post the results in the next site update.
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