The Balancing Act in Consistent Wine Tasting and Wine Appreciation: Part II: Consistency in Wine Tasting and Appreciation: An Empirical-Objective Perspective

Abstract

Using data deriving from the Paris 1976 blind wine tastings of notable French and American Chardonnays, in the first tasting, and of notable French Bordeaux and American Cabernets in the second tasting, it is discovered that the same five of 11 tasters were the most reliable or consistent ones in both wine competitions. We discuss the very important implications that this fact has for the dual task of: first, uncovering the factors that produce the consistency; and second, in making it possible for the consistent tasters to impart this knowledge to their less consistent wine tasting brethren. The ultimate challenge is to accomplish this worthwhile goal while not doing serious damage to the delectable experience of savoring our next glass of wine.