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...a member of my wine tasting group loaned me this fascinating book on blind wine tasting.
The author does over 500 blind tasting trials and finds most tasters prefer wines which cost less than $15 - he lists the winners in the second half of the book.
In comparison, publications like Wine Spectator and the Wine Advocate rarely rate an under $15 wine over 90 points, but reserve the higher scores for more expensive wines.
An example was a Chateau Michelle sparkling wine @ $12 which the author found was preferred in a blind tasting over Dom Perignon @ $150.
What's going on here? Read the book and you decide.
My own experience blind tasting with my group over the past 7 years confirms that the less expensive wines usually are preferred over the more expensive ones - price is not necessarily an indicator of quality.
This book was published in 2008 and there is a 2011 updated version I have not seen.
Recommended reading.
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The review I saw on Amazon says the reviews are done by over 500 volunteers. Sort of like Cellar Tracker?
I don't know...believe me I look for cheap wine that is good....I drink a french sparkler that is around 15 that I really like (but its not champagne) I doubt it tastes like Dom, but so what?
But I'm less successful finding good reds at that price point (don't discount that what is good to me is not good to you.)
I don't know about the magazines. I mean I could make guesses, but I don't know.
...like I've said, it's like the Pepsi Challenge - the sweeter one wins the tasting but the other one is the one you prefer to drink at home.
In amateur blind tasting "drinkability" (nothing bad) and fruit trump depth and complexity.
The winning wine may not always be my favorite or the one I'd chose to drink at home.
At home in a relaxed setting I taste things in good wines I would miss in a comparison with 5 others over a couple of hours.
Unless guys like Laube and Parker are super-tasters, there may be something fishy going on in their ratings.
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