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More skepticism on wine tasting

2019-06-12 00:28:52.883868+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Wine-tasting: it's junk science

Results from the first four years of the experiment, published in the Journal of Wine Economics, showed a typical judge's scores varied by plus or minus four points over the three blind tastings. A wine deemed to be a good 90 would be rated as an acceptable 86 by the same judge minutes later and then an excellent 94.

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