sommeliers - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

A 2018 exam cheating scandal resulted in 23 “masters” of this profession having their titles rescinded by the CMSA. For 10 points each:

[10e] What profession with a French-derived name may involve blind sampling of Grüner Veltliner or a Pinot Grigio to create lists to pair with food?

ANSWER: sommeliers [or chef de vin; or wine stewards; or wine tasters; accept master sommeliers] (CMSA is the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas.)

[10m] These containers are used to serve wines without accompanying sediment. These containers with a small neck and wide base have a name derived from the chemical process of separating immiscible mixtures by pouring.

ANSWER: decanters

[10h] In this wine tasting event commemorating the US Bicentennial, Napa Valley wines were rated over Bordeaux wines in a shocking upset. The common name of this event puns on its location and a mythological contest.

ANSWER: Judgment of Paris [or Paris Wine Tasting of 1976]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	6	15.00	67%	50%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	14.29	86%	57%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	90%	80%	10%
North	Main	Y	10	22.00	90%	90%	40%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	20.00	75%	75%	50%
Overflow	Main	Y	1	20.00	0%	100%	100%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	42%	17%
South Central	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	18.33	100%	67%	17%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	15.00	88%	50%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%

Data


Berkeley C	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Berkeley D	Stanford C	10	0	0	10
Berkeley E	Berkeley B	10	10	0	20
Berkeley F	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley A	UCSC	10	10	0	20
UCLA C	Claremont Scripps	0	0	0	0
UCI	USC	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCSB	10	0	10	20
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
UCSD Vices and Virtues	Claremont Pitzer	0	0	0	0
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
Queen's A	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
McMaster C	McGill A	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Toronto D	10	0	0	10
McMaster A	Toronto F	10	10	0	20
Toronto C	Queen's B	10	10	0	20
Toronto E	Toronto A	10	10	0	20
Toronto H	Toronto G	10	10	0	20
Ottawa	Toronto I	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Toronto J	10	10	0	20
Carleton	Toronto K	10	0	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	McMaster B	10	0	0	10
Guelph B	Western Ontario	10	10	0	20
ERAU A	Melbourne A	10	0	0	10
UCF B	UF A	10	10	0	20
UF D	Melbourne B	10	10	10	30
UF E	UCF A	10	0	0	10
FIU	USF	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	MSU B	10	10	0	20
OSU A	CWRU C	10	0	0	10
Pitt A	OSU B	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
Clemson B	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
James Madison	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	Roanoke	0	10	0	10
NC State	Tennessee A	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	North Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Virginia A	Tusculum	10	10	10	30
North Carolina C	Virginia B	10	10	0	20
North Carolina B	Virginia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	South Carolina B	10	0	0	10
OSU C	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
OSU D	CWRU D	10	0	0	10
MSU A	Pitt B	10	10	0	20
CWRU A	Pitt C	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	George Washington B	10	10	0	20
George Washington A	Maryland D	10	10	0	20
Georgetown B	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
NYU A	Georgetown A	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	Penn A	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins C	Penn B	10	10	0	20
Catholic University	UMBC A	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins B	VCU A	0	0	0	0
Columbia A	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A	Swarthmore A	10	10	0	20
Princeton A	Lehigh B	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
Rowan A	Rutgers C	10	10	10	30
Missouri B	WashU D	10	10	10	30
Missouri B	WashU D	10	10	10	30
Missouri B	WashU C	0	10	10	20
Missouri B	WashU C	0	10	10	20
Missouri B	WashU D	10	10	10	30
Missouri B	WashU D	10	10	10	30
Missouri B	WashU C	0	10	10	20
Missouri B	WashU C	0	10	10	20
Truman State	WashU C	0	0	0	0
WashU A	WashU B	10	10	10	30
SIUE	William Woods	10	10	0	20
Illinois A	Chicago B	10	0	0	10
Indiana A	Chicago C	10	10	0	20
Chicago D	Notre Dame D	10	0	0	10
Illinois C	Chicago A	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame B	Indiana B	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Michigan D	Louisville A	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame A	Purdue A	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Illinois B	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame C	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	UIC	10	0	0	10
Carleton	Iowa State	10	0	0	10
Minnesota A	Macalester B	10	10	0	20
BC A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
Yale A	Amherst B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Lloyd George	Bowdoin A	10	0	0	10
Cornell-UG	Brandeis Orlando	10	10	0	20
Yale B	Brandeis Wilson	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown A	10	10	0	20
Brown B	BU	10	10	0	20
Brown C	BC B	10	10	0	20
MIT B	Harvard	10	0	0	10
Dartmouth	Tufts B	10	10	10	30
Williams	Amherst A	10	0	0	10
British Columbia A	British Columbia C	10	10	0	20
British Columbia D	British Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Washington A	Alberta	10	10	10	30
Simon Fraser	Washington B	10	10	0	20
Bowdoin B	MIT A	10	0	10	20
Texas B	Alberta B	10	10	0	20
Ohio	Arizona State A	10	0	0	10
Iowa	Northwestern A	10	0	0	10
Northwestern C	UTD A	10	0	0	10
Arizona State B	Rose State	10	0	0	10
UCO	Texas A	10	0	0	10
Northwestern B	Tulsa	10	10	0	20
McGill D	UTD B	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech C	10	0	0	10
Huntsville A	Alabama B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Mississippi State A	10	10	10	30
Bruin A	UAB A	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Sewanee A	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt B	Huntsville B	10	0	0	10
Imperial A	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Cornell-DII	10	10	0	20
Rochester	Syracuse	10	10	0	20
Binghamton B	ESF	10	0	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20