{"id":6746,"date":"2019-11-23T17:20:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T23:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/?p=6746"},"modified":"2019-11-23T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T23:20:21","slug":"tasting-through-2020-rodeo-uncorked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecorkscrewconcierge.com\/2019\/11\/tasting-through-2020-rodeo-uncorked\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasting My Way Through the 2020 Rodeo Uncorked! Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

3,500 wines, 120 judges, 175 staging volunteers and a partridge in a pear tree. The officials results are in for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo\u2019s (HLSR) 2020 Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition. I spent 2 days in mid-November judging wines for the competition. HLSR is a 501(c)(3) organization that is committed to educating the state\u2019s youth. Since its beginning, they have raised over $500 million for Texas youth and education. So yes, I was drinking\u00a0\ud83c\udf77for the kids!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Part of HLSR\u2019s efforts includes the signature Rodeo Uncorked! events which highlight wine production in agriculture. This includes the wine competition, a wine auction, and a Champion Wine Garden that will feature the winning wines during the Rodeo. In March 2019, they sold 5,600 cases of wine in 3 weeks in the Champion Wine Garden alone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My great panel and I tasted 115 wines on day 1 and another 50 wines on day 2. We tasted everything from sparkling wines, to roses, to Italian varietals, to sweet whites, to dry whites, to Cabernet Sauvignon and more. Find a list of all the winners here<\/a>. And if you\u2019re around in March 2020, stop by the Champion Wine Garden and taste some of the winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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