Blind tasting as the ultimate way to judge wine (or the wine taster)

Nov 09, 2007 - An article in Slate.com (www.slate.com/id/2177629) by Mike Steinberger calls into question the importance of judging wines only by a blind tasting. Does this make for the best wine criticism? "Blind tastings are wonderfully democratic, but there is a tendency to overlook the fact that wines and palates are fickle and to read more into the results than is justified," he says, citing a tasting in which American wines beat some of the top rated Burgundies and Bordeaux, and saying that the tasting didn't prove their superiority. - 0 Comments