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A group of five women who travelled to Luxembourg for a wine-tasting contest has emerged position 26 out of the 31 countries that took part in the competition on Saturday, October 8.
Kenya was represented by Beverly Mbaikan Ndunge, Melissa Mwende Mainye, Jenipher Adero Achola, Soraiya Ladak and Victoria Mulu-Munywoki.
The 10th Blind Tasting World Championship of the Revue du Vin de France took place at the Ayala champagne house in Aÿ, in the Marne, La review DeLa Du vin De France reported.
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For this 2022 edition, 31 teams from all over the world and made up of the best tasters competed around twelve wines to try to succeed Hungary, the winner in 2021.
Luxembourg emerged as the best in the tough competition.
Trained by their coach Daniel Poos for 30 years, Zaiah Amann, Hervé Amann, Guy Bosseler, and Jules Hoffelt won the title for the first time and won after leading only from the 10th wine.
Luxembourg, therefore, won this fine competition for the first time, far ahead of the French, who finished in 18th place.
Luxembourg won with 139 points and was represented by Zaiah Amann, Hervé Amann, Guy Bosseler, Jules Hoffelt and Coach Daniel Poos
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Portugal came in second place with 123 points and was represented by Raul Riba D'Ave, Paulo Peixoto, Tiago Simões and Carlos Sancho.
In third place was Spain, which managed 122 points and was represented by Marla González, Eduard Ros, Raúl Moreno, Francisco Montoya and Philippe Cesco (coach).
Before travelling, the five ladies rehearsed for the competition by sampling a minimum of 12 wines per session, with importers coming in to support them because of the high price of the drinks.
During the competition, they were blindly sipping and spitting different types of wine and then wrote down their country of origin, grape type, and producer, among other features of the wine.
There are six white wines and six reds, and the contest often starts with sparkling wine and ends with a sweet one.
Kenyans have made history across the world in different fields, and an Indian woman of Kenyan origin, Nisha Kano Vangha, is one of them
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TUKO.o.ke reported Nisha flew the Kenyan flag high in India after winning a seat in local elections.
Nisha, whose citizenship had been questioned by rivals, was elected as the Ismailabad town municipal committee chair during civic polls in India on Wednesday, June 22.
The election of the 36-year-old made her the first person and woman of foreign descent to hold the position in India.
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