Wine Reviews Not All That Consistent, Study Says
The Telegraph: "The California State Fair wine competition, tested judges' consistency by giving them repeat samples of the same wine during large blind tasting sessions. It discovered that 90 percent of the judges failed to give identical samples poured from the same bottle matching or close scores at repeated tastings. One panel of judges even rejected a particular vintage twice only to award it a double-gold medal the third time they sampled it."
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5 Comments:
Finally! Proof that all these so-called "experts" are actually just pretentious assholes.
DanielJ at 8:24PM on 02/03/09
Do you have a link to the article?
monkeycat at 10:18PM on 02/03/09
"One panel of judges even rejected a particular vintage twice only to award it a double-gold medal the third time they sampled it."
So booze gets better the more you drink. It's nice to validation of the research I did in college.
Ozymandiasxp at 10:45PM on 02/03/09
A link to the actual article would be cool.
fascfoo at 11:43PM on 02/03/09
The link is actually already there - click on "The Telegraph" and it is a direct link. Or you can go here - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/wine/4389292/Consumers-warned-over-consistency-of-wine-reviews.html.
evamonos at 12:26AM on 02/04/09