Double blind wine tasting
AssigneeCliink LLC
InventorScott Jeffrey
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Abstract
A method of executing a double blind wine tasting event comprises providing a plurality of distinct wine bottles, a plurality of identical sleeves and a plurality of distinct covers. A first person places each of the wine bottles in a respective sleeve, with each of the sleeves including a respective distinct identifier. The first person keeps track of which wine bottle is placed in which sleeve. A second person then masks each of the identifiers with a respective cover, with each of the covers being removably attachable to the sleeves. The second person keeps track of which cover is masking which identifier. After these steps are carried out, a location of each of the wine bottles within the sleeves is unknown to every one of the participants. A plurality of carafes may be used as an alternative to the sleeves.
Claims4
A system for conducting a wine tasting event with a plurality of participants for a plurality of distinct wines having a plurality of distinct identities, the system comprising:
- a plurality of sleeves configured to mask a plurality of wine bottles containing a plurality of distinct wines, wherein the sleeves are identifiable by a plurality of distinct identifiers visibly displayed on the plurality of sleeves;
- a plurality of distinct covers configured to be removably attached to and placed over the plurality of distinct identifiers on the sleeves to mask the plurality of distinct identifiers such that the distinct identifiers are no longer visible on the sleeves and the distinct covers are visibly displayed on the sleeves;
- a first recording material for a first participant of the plurality of participants, the first recording material containing an instruction instructing the first participant to, during a first phase of an initial setup of the wine tasting event:
- (i) privately mask the plurality of wine bottles in the plurality of sleeves with the distinct identifiers visibly displayed on the plurality of sleeves and the plurality of sleeves covering the distinct labels of the plurality of wine bottles such that the distinct labels are not visible, and
- (ii) privately record, for each wine bottle, a correspondence between the distinct identity of the distinct wine in the wine bottle based on the distinct label of the wine bottle, and the distinct identifier of the sleeve in which the wine bottle is placed;
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- a second recording material for a second participant of the plurality of participants, the second recording material containing an instruction instructing the second participant to, during a second phase of the initial setup of the wine tasting event:
- (i) privately mask the distinct identifiers visibly displayed on the sleeves with the distinct covers such that the distinct identifiers are no longer visible on the sleeves and the distinct covers are visibly displayed on the sleeves;
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- (ii) privately record, for each of the distinct identifiers, the distinct cover placed over and masking the distinct identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.