Re: cuvee and meritage?
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:15 pm
"That's not a good test."
Depends what you're trying to accomplish, Thomas. At a wine tasting, bring a bottle of Hearty Burgundy, and you can be pretty sure it will rank pretty low in the evening's voting.
At a double blind tasting, results might be unpredictable -- they can be fun but they are also lots of work. And, if you did a double blind and the Hearty Burgundy showed well -- well, that might reflect more on the tasters than the wines. I might not report the results ... or might not be permitted to do so.
But we all had great fun, mostly at the expense of the "wine expert" who brought the CdP. And, it sure tasted good to everyone that evening -- sort of the point of wine drinking in my book.
As you can tell, I didn't keep formal notes from the event -- partly I was focusing on cooking and hosting and having fun -- and partly because of the very reason you mention -- it was a bad test.
Regards, Bob
PS: how about a back and forth on "claret" on your site -- I'm waiting for some stuff from Australia on sulfites before posting my article on that subject. B.
Depends what you're trying to accomplish, Thomas. At a wine tasting, bring a bottle of Hearty Burgundy, and you can be pretty sure it will rank pretty low in the evening's voting.
At a double blind tasting, results might be unpredictable -- they can be fun but they are also lots of work. And, if you did a double blind and the Hearty Burgundy showed well -- well, that might reflect more on the tasters than the wines. I might not report the results ... or might not be permitted to do so.
But we all had great fun, mostly at the expense of the "wine expert" who brought the CdP. And, it sure tasted good to everyone that evening -- sort of the point of wine drinking in my book.
As you can tell, I didn't keep formal notes from the event -- partly I was focusing on cooking and hosting and having fun -- and partly because of the very reason you mention -- it was a bad test.
Regards, Bob
PS: how about a back and forth on "claret" on your site -- I'm waiting for some stuff from Australia on sulfites before posting my article on that subject. B.