NPR, Wine Tasteing, & Audiophiles


Was running errands yesterday and caught the last bit of a rather famous story about wine tasting on National Public Radio. They did a single blind test with several highly thought of experts to find out what the 'best' wines were. The clear winner for white whine was a lowly California vintage, and in general the realy high priced famous vintage stuff did not fare better than some current vintage wines that the average person might afford.
Remind you of anything :).
jeff_jones

Showing 1 response by johangrb

I think it is very un-scientific and useless to conduct a single blind tasting, and draw conclusions from that. Old winemakers and oenophiles know that it is not a single tasting (blind or not) that determines a wine's standing in the quality ranks. It is only if a wine consistently performs well at shows and events over a period of time that one can draw conclusions. Tastings involve people - thus subjective and prone to influences. E.g.- What is the experience levels of the tasters, what food was served prior /after tasting, what temperature etc. You get the idea.

Just like in high-end audio I guess. The good brands will stand the test of time and word of mouth.

Now go have a glass and put on another CD. :-)