House Pour Olympics
A recurring blind bracket for everyday wine. Each guest brings one bottle under a set price; the table tastes them head to head, blind, and brackets them to a single champion. The winner’s bottle becomes the house pour until someone dethrones it next month. A title to defend is a reason to come back.
What it's for
Build a recurring ritual around tasting blind and seeing past the price tag — wine education disguised as a sport.
The guest's job
Bring one bagged bottle under the cap and a guess for what beats it.
The vote
Bracket the bottles blind, round by round, to a single house champion.
The reveal
Unbag in reverse order — price and label last, so the gap between "what won" and "what cost most" lands.
Food & drink spine
Palate-clean fuel: bread, mild cheese, water. Save bold food for after the bracket.
Conversation fuel
"Which one would you actually buy?" — and why the cheap one keeps winning.
How it flops — steer around it
Over-pouring. Tasting portions only, or the bracket ends before the final.