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Wine, covered like a sport · By the Big Blind League · Every call on the record

The Sports Desk·24 Aug 2026·5 Min Read

Return of the King

The two Adelaide Hills Cup finalists shake hands across the table, black glasses and The Blackout bracket between them.

Stefan Sancin — the reigning Big Blind champion — sat eleventh after Round 1 at Simon Tolley, fought back through Round 2 as the seven seed, then beat the two, the three and the eight in black glassware to win the Adelaide Hills Cup.

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Two blind-black tasting glasses beside a clear glass holding a measure of revealed red wine, on a table at Knappstein.The Wine Desk·13 July 2026·7 Min Read

Seven Palates v. The Clare Lineup

Five wines, seven blind palates, 175 calls on the record. What the room nailed, what fooled everyone, and the Adelaide Hills Riesling that walked out of the building unidentified.

Read the Story →The two Clare Cup finalists toast across the table while the host looks on, The Blackout bracket and The Cut board glowing on the screens behind.The Sports Desk·13 July 2026·5 Min Read

The Six Seed

Roberta Ruotolo fumbled the easiest wine of the day, scraped through the cut in sixth, then took down three higher seeds in black glassware to win the Clare Cup — and the league's first Free Run.

Read the Story →The host reads the Round 1 reveal board aloud at the Clare Cup — every player's score up on the big screen for the whole room.From the League·13 July 2026·2 Min Read

Why Unfiltered

A short manifesto for covering wine like a sport: published calls, real data, no tasting-note mysticism.

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