I think that the most important thing is development of your own taste, so this study is by most a distraction. To me this study shows that novice students of

I think that the most important thing is development of your own taste, so this study is by most a distraction. To me this study shows that novice students of the sommelier order were too biased to apply red wine terminology when the wine was just red colored white wine. It does not show any deeper knowledge. Now about discussion of our personal experience (my own based on Western-Europe). I am personally more a Bordeaux person. I have discovered that there is clear distinction between Bordeaux and Bourgogne (Pinot Noir) wines and in general I do like Bordeaux more. That is, price wise, I would choose Bordeaux over Bourgogne any time. Now being a general Bordeaux consumer, I could say that based on my personal experience, it is hard to beat it in similarity. At least in our market in my experience none of the Californian, South-American, South-African, Australian wines have came close to wines from Bordeaux. Not that these are bad wines, they are just not that interesting that anything else I could pick up from my supermarket. What I want to say - many out of France producers are after some general commodity "good" wine, forgetting their specialty.