Casey Valerie Linsey is a newly minted Washingtonian who works as a nonprofit professional. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University and received a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and Political Science. Blessed with a major sweet tooth, she savors ice cream and red velvet cupcakes (and dreams of eating just ice cream and red velvet cupcakes). With gluttony far in the future, she will focus on exploring what DC has to offer and making new friends along the way.

Share this post

Sommelier Showdown!

in Around Town, Dish, Parties/Events, People

Wine-loving Washingtonians kicked off the 13th annual DC International Wine & Food Festival on Thursday evening with endless bottles of wine – and some quizzical toasting!

Five of DC’s top sommeliers displayed their wine knowledge during the inaugural Sommelier Showdown.  Professional oenophiles were given nine glasses of different wines to swirl, smell, and taste in just 20 minutes and asked to identify the wines with hidden labels. Brent Knoll from Adour won ‘best in bottle’ with the test’s top grade — a 7 out of 9!

Not one to brag about a personal win, Knoll instead boasted about his pride in DC’s entire “community of chefs and sommeliers” for bringing about “a restaurant scene in DC that now has the potential to not only be like New York but also compete with New York!”

Score one for the city’s snappy sommeliers.

Related posts:

  1. NASA’s Greg Johnson Talks Mission on the Moksha
  2. Inside the Alice Awards Luncheon with Laura Bush
  3. British Embassy Fetes 50th Anniversary of Bond
  4. A Bachelor Surprise at Saturday’s Run for MS Fundraiser

You might also like...