Being founded in 2013, the China Blind Tasting Competition (CBTC) has been the very first nation-wide blind tasting competition among the wine lovers and professional in China, whose professional level and influence has been highly recognized throughout the years.  This year the competition has been held in 50+ sub areas, domestic and abroad, with totally more than 5,000 competitors.

Rioja has sponsored a 12-cities master class tour conducted by one of our official educators, Sam Chen, and about 700 Chinese wine lovers have learnt much about Rioja wine’s top quality as well as its diversity. Being the unique 1^st-grade sponsor of the event, Rioja China team was invited to be present at the final on Oct. 27^th, 2019 in Shanghai and to present the award of a set of selected top Rioja wines to the 2^nd champion. Rioja’s promotional materials have been also distributed to the audience on the site.