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Except that sometimes differences only exist on a slightly more expensive scale. If you can't tell the difference between 6$ Cab and 6$ Merlot, it is likely be
by ora600 16y ago
Except that sometimes differences only exist on a slightly more expensive scale.
If you can't tell the difference between 6$ Cab and 6$ Merlot, it is likely because at this price range there is very little difference. Better wines are better at expressing the differences between the grapes. Cheap wines are all fruity and alcoholic.
- runjake 16y agoThis is the argument that Monster Cable* uses. * Monster Cable, please don't sue me.
- gnaritas 16y agoAnd yet taste tests show that even experts can't tell the different between the good stuff and cheap stuff they're told is the good stuff because expectation plays more of a role in what they perceive than taste does.
- dtegart 16y agoMaster's of Wine certainly can. Quality is part of the test, as is the ability to tell variety and region. From http://www.mastersofwine.org/en/examination/index.cfm http://www.mastersofwine.org/en/examination/index.cfm Practical - three twelve-wine blind tastings, each lasting two and a quarter hours, in which wines must be assessed for variety, origin, winemaking, quality and style.