In 2024, runner Tom Gibley intermittently performed this activity as he took part in the London Marathon. Visitors can see a Crystal Chamber lined with amethyst geodes before doing this activity in a 45,000-square-foot cave beneath Jarvis Estate. English merchant Steven Spurrier organized an event centered on this activity that TIME magazine reporter George Taber gave a punny name alluding to a Greek myth. The INAO and ISO co-name a standard size for an object used in this activity. Americans’ victory at a contest involving this activity, the 1976 “Judgment of Paris,” undercut French claims about terroir (“tehr-WAHR”). This activity’s “five S’s” include “sight” and “swirl,” and its participants might describe “notes” or deem a substance “full-bodied.” For 10 points, name this activity that might assess products of Napa Valley viticulture. ■END■
ANSWER: wine tasting [or wine-tasting contests; accept any answer indicating taste-testing wine; prompt on drinking wine or alcohol; prompt on consuming wine or alcoholic beverages; prompt on winery tour or wine tourism by asking “what activity often done in that setting?”] (The INAO/ISO standard is for the size of a wine glass.)
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