Non-alcoholic tasting evening
Do I like non-alcoholic wine? Is the non-alcoholic Cüpli an alternative for me? A good 30 alumni and guests tasted their way through our selection at the beginning of November and chose their favorites.
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The range of non-alcoholic beverages has exploded in recent years. What began with a few non-alcoholic beers is now also available for wines and spirits. With the large selection comes the agony of choice. As we can no longer see the wood for the trees, we organized a tasting evening.
Alcohol-free tasting evening in the Alumni Pavilion
What could be better than combining the old with the new? Our event followed this basic idea by combining the familiar surroundings of ETH Zurich with new taste experiences. Around 30 alumni and guests accepted the invitation to the tasting evening and met on Friday, November 8, in the Alumni Pavilion (back) at the ETH. In addition to wine and beer, there were also various sparkling wines, an aperitif, as well as a gin and rum alternative.
A matter of taste remains individual
In order to do justice to both the individual taste experience and majority trends, there was a two-stage evaluation scheme. On the one hand, all participants received a personal handout for their own notes on the tasted drinks. On the other hand, there was an anonymous public vote for each category - beer, sparkling wine, white wine, rosé wine, red wine and miscellaneous. The result of this survey, which is not entirely representative, is that preferences are also individual when it comes to non-alcoholic drinks. However, the categories "beer" and "sparkling wines" seem to have received the most smiles.
"Winning white wine" at the fondue evening
After this excursion into the world of non-alcoholic drinks, there will be mulled wine with alcohol again at the after-work beer in "Nic's Hütte" on December 2 on the Piazza Höggerberg. The "winning white wine" (albeit not the undisputed winner) will make a return at the VESUV fondue on January 17, 2025, again in the Alumni Pavilion.
