Interesting. This doesn't mean there's nothing to tasting wine, though. If the test had been to identify a really bad bottle, versus a good one, I'm sure they

Interesting. This doesn't mean there's nothing to tasting wine, though. If the test had been to identify a really bad bottle, versus a good one, I'm sure they all would've got it. If you give someone two reds, both of decent quality, sure, a blind difference would be hard to detect. But, give someone a corked bottle and an uncorked bottle, I'm sure they'll figure it out. (This does not refer to screw on tops vs corks, but cork contaminated wine) Most of the people referred to as "philistines" by the author probably do not know what a corked bottle is. I'll tell you, it tastes horrible. And once someone has helped you taste what "corked" is, you'll remember forever.