In this fascinating article a retired professor of statistics applied some scientific rigour to the art of tasting and comes to some unsettling conclusions.
Here's an interesting profile of the most powerful man in wine - Robert Parker.
Another Parker article here - a blind tasting of some previously highly rated 2005 Bordeaux by the man himself - who claims to remember every one of 220,000 wines tasted.
On a personal note - we are drinking the first bottle of the case of Santa Ann Eco Malbec - so far so hmmmm.
Anyone who "...teaches randomness at Caltech..." has got to be worth hearing out!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that great, provocative first link - all proofs that there's no accounting for taste help to keep the whole business of wine interesting.
I hope I get time to have a look at the other articles, though this isn't the best time of year for leisurely perusing.
Cheers - my entire life seems to prove there's no accounting for taste sometimes...8-)
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