The 1101 Wine Challenge

For Christmas, I received 2 very exciting new wine books. Not technical ones, or on a specific region, which are generally my preference, but ones on what wines are best to drink. The first one is 101 Champagnes and Other Sparkling Wines to Drink, the other is 1000 Everyday Value Wines. Fascinating books, filled with great wines, spread out by region and both very easy to read. And why not try to taste all the wines listed in the books?!?!

Being the sort of person that I am I decided that the best way to digest all of the wines in these books was not simply by tasting/trying each one in a willy-nilly fashion, but instead to challenge myself to tasting them all.

THE CHALLENGE

To drink all the wines listed in both book, yup all 1101 of them.

We don’t have to drink an entire bottle, if we’re out and there’s one listed on a wine list, it counts!! But we must drink at least 2 bottles per week. They can be 2 from one book, 1 from each book. Doesn't matter, just 2 a week.

Follow along with the challenge with me on Instagram (@drinkswithali) and the hashtag #1101winechallenge