Blind Tastings Experience

[pizzler]

Have you participated in a blind tasting before, preferably a double blind tasting where there isn't as much chance to bias the results? I'm particularly interested if anyone has tried to identify the growing area in Australia or New Zealand of wines made from the same grape. How did it go? Any surprises?

I'm contemplating doing a tasting along those lines but am worried about the sophistication of the palate necessary to make it interesting. Not that drinking lots of different wines without having a clue is a bad thing...[/b]

[Wizz]

Pizzler, yes, this happens a fair bit, same grape different regions. I've enjoyed it most when the wines are represenative of their regions, otherwise it all gets a bit random.

I'm in central otago right now, and I've enjoyed tasting different wines and looking for subregional characteristics, particularly in Pinot Noir - the different parts of CO are quite distinct.

have fun, and report backif you do the tasting!

[Wayno]

our food/wine group regularly conducts themed blind tastings every few months. does tend to put some of the 'labels' to shame at times...

[griff]

Options are blind tasting done at a lot of offlines in Perth. Makes fools of a lot of us but it also takes the label out of the mix and that keeps everyone honest

cheers

Carl

[Tristram Shandy]

I do a blind tasting once a year with friends who are not wine fanatics. I limit the range to a single grape variety (last year was grenache) and everyone is astonished by the diversity. And then even more surprised to find out what they liked and they didn't. As a rule, the more expensive wines do tend to rise to the top but there are always a few surprises. Helps to keep ones perspective in the world of occasional exaggeration that is wine marketing.

Lots of fun. And it slows down the 'experts".

T. Shandy