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We are a wine-tasting society aimed at wine education through blind wine-tasting. Not strictly restricted to wines - other beverages included!

Blindfolds are not involved; instead the wines are placed in a wine sock so that the label is not seen. The aim of this game is to identify the grape variety used, its origins and the vintage of the wine. This can be achieved through deduction from an accurate description of the wine's appearance, aroma, flavour and structure.

19/02/2026

Our team was thrilled and honoured to win the 73rd annual Oxford-Cambridge Varsity blind tasting competition! Under the leadership of coaches Hanneke Wilson and Mikolaj Poplawski, president Lydia Green, and team captain Julian Leidy, we managed to regain the Pol Roger cup, with securing the highest individual score and winning top taster.

We’re hugely grateful to for their generosity in organising yet another great competition! It was a delight to spend time with our peers from Cambridge as well as judges Jancis Robinson MW and Patrick Schmitt MW.

A huge thank-you to our society’s members for their support, especially everyone who trialled for the Varsity competition. We’re also very grateful for the guest speakers who have put on tastings for us and helped us all become better blind-tasters.

Looking forward to next year’s competition!

05/11/2025

It was an honour to host Natasha Hughes MW for a Master Class on Beaujolais. From exploring Beaujolais’ diverse soils and distinct vinification styles to learning Natasha’s approach to writing a great tasting note, it was a fantastic evening celebrating the vibrant diversity and character of Beaujolais! Thank you so much for sharing your insights!

- 04/11/2025

22/10/2025

Introducing our Michaelmas 2025 termcard! Lots of exciting tastings lined up, see you there!

03/10/2023

Come join us at stall 453 of this year's Freshers' Fair! We are ready and excited to start yet another term full of fascinating tastings. If you want to learn more, or are a Cambridge person trying to spy what we are doing, please visit http://eepurl.com/dO0Nnz to sign up to our mailing list. One lucky person who signs up over the coming few days will win a bottle of wine!

05/03/2020

Thanks to for organizing the annual Oxford vs Cambridge varsity match. It’s the highlight of our year! We lost in a close race (658-654) but we’re so proud of for attaining top taster this year! Congrats to ! 📷:

11/01/2020

Happy new year, and welcome to a brand new term! We are pleased to announce our fantastic, jam-packed term card for Hilary 2020. We hope to see you around at the tastings!

20/11/2019

Thanks so much to Jason Lett from Eyrie Vineyards for coming to talk to Oxford Blind Tasting about Oregon wine ... and for letting us try delicious samples from his cellar!

07/10/2019

Announcing our Michaelmas 2019 term card! Sign up for our newsletters here to receive information on how to register for tastings: tinyurl.com/oubts2019

06/06/2019

to just two days ago — came by Oxford to lead us through a scrumptious and wide-ranging cut of the much-more-than-champagne aka Pol Roger Portfolio. Group favorites included the just released 2012 Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs, the elegant and youthful 2016 Joseph Drouhin Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru, and the bold but balanced 2013 Staglin Family Vineyard Estate Salus Cabernet Sauvignon from Rutherford, Napa. We cannot wait to welcome Will and Pol back sometime in the near future
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