If you're not into wine, a lot of this kind of stuff seems like it is probably bullshit, but it's not (necessarily). Something I can't recommend enough even if

If you're not into wine, a lot of this kind of stuff seems like it is probably bullshit, but it's not (necessarily). Something I can't recommend enough even if you only have a passing curiosity is to find a wine tasting or event where most variables are held constant within the selection. One of my favourite wineries in Western Australia holds an annual Cabernet tasting with 20 Cabernets of the same vintage from around the world. When you hold the varietal and year constant and you still experience a remarkable range of different tastes, it really helps you to understand how wine experts can do what they do. It's very easy to differentiate wines when tasted one after the other like this, and wine experts/enthusiasts (in addition to their more refined palates) are simply able to make the same kinds of discriminations based on their experience rather than having all the options in front of them.