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It seems like the current methodology is, to use wine analogies, to compare grapes instead of harvests. Charles Shaw has a Cabernet, but it's a very different b

by dice 12y ago

It seems like the current methodology is, to use wine analogies, to compare grapes instead of harvests. Charles Shaw has a Cabernet, but it's a very different beast from Joseph Phelps', and they will both have variations from harvest to harvest. Perhaps in the future we'll see the marijuana landscape settle down into a few widely recognized and harvested strains, with different growers touting their harvests and growing techniques over those of others.

DanBC 12y ago
But wine tasting is mostly bullshit. Double-blinding means even expert wine tasters fail to agree on good wines or to identify years or makers. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tas... > Hodgson approached the organisers of the California State Fair wine competition, the oldest contest of its kind in North America, and proposed an experiment for their annual June tasting sessions. > Each panel of four judges would be presented with their usual "flight" of samples to sniff, sip and slurp. But some wines would be presented to the panel three times, poured from the same bottle each time. The results would be compiled and analysed to see whether wine testing really is scientific. > The first experiment took place in 2005. The last was in Sacramento earlier this month. Hodgson's findings have stunned the wine industry. Over the years he has shown again and again that even trained, professional palates are terrible at judging wine.
- veidr 12y ago
  Yeah, but then there is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBi9PfZve84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBi9PfZve84 (I had to dig around to find out where I found this; it turned out to be a link entry on Daring Fireball, May 2013.)
rickdale 12y ago
I could see this. From my experience with weed, it sounds a lot like the winery business, with the bullshit and all. What I usually tell people is that marijuana is like art. I can get you a van gogh printed off my computer. Or you can spend a ton and get a real van gogh. Marijuana maybe doesn't go to that extreme, but it definitely relates.

by dice 12y ago

DanBC 12y ago

But wine tasting is mostly bullshit. Double-blinding means even expert wine tasters fail to agree on good wines or to identify years or makers. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tas... > Hodgson approached the organisers of the California State Fair wine competition, the oldest contest of its kind in North America, and proposed an experiment for their annual June tasting sessions. > Each panel of four judges would be presented with their usual "flight" of samples to sniff, sip and slurp. But some wines would be presented to the panel three times, poured from the same bottle each time. The results would be compiled and analysed to see whether wine testing really is scientific. > The first experiment took place in 2005. The last was in Sacramento earlier this month. Hodgson's findings have stunned the wine industry. Over the years he has shown again and again that even trained, professional palates are terrible at judging wine.

veidr 12y ago
Yeah, but then there is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBi9PfZve84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBi9PfZve84 (I had to dig around to find out where I found this; it turned out to be a link entry on Daring Fireball, May 2013.)

rickdale 12y ago

I could see this. From my experience with weed, it sounds a lot like the winery business, with the bullshit and all. What I usually tell people is that marijuana is like art. I can get you a van gogh printed off my computer. Or you can spend a ton and get a real van gogh. Marijuana maybe doesn't go to that extreme, but it definitely relates.