A well rounded education goes beyond science, humanities and the rest of the course work.
Students at a number of universities and higher education establishments around the globe get a chance to test their wine savvy thanks to the annual '20 sur Vin' Wine Tasting Competition.
For the first time in 2011, schools from countries others than France and the UK were invited to join the fray.
They included:
For the United States of America: Kellogg Business School of Northwestern, The Wharton School,
Harvard Business School, Columbia Law School, Columbia Business School.
For Asia: Chinese University of Hong Kong and the NTU Wine Society of Singapore.
For Europe: Cambridge University for England and Nyenrode Business Universiteit for the Netherlands.
For France: Dauphine University Paris, ENS Lyon, ESSEC, ESC Lille, Mines, Centrale, EDHEC Lille, ENS
Paris, ESCP Europe, HEC, Sciences Po and Polytechnique.
The contest takes place from January to June.
On Friday 17th June, 2011 at Château Lafite Rothschild in Pauillac, the HARVARD Business School won handily.
Will your school be one of the participants for 2012 edition?
Contest is organized by Commanderie du Bontemps de Medoc et des Graves, Sauternes et Bassac, a left bank wine appreciation society.