literal blind tasting

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Term (also blind tasting) for a special type of wine tasting in which either no or only certain parameters are known. Appropriate precautions are taken to prevent the bottle or the producer from being visually recognised. The aim is to make a judgement that is as objective as possible and that is not influenced by knowledge of famous names, locations or producers. The British wine critic Michael Broadbent (1927-2020) believed that the quality assessment of a wine by blind tasting without any information was the most useful training method for any wine lover, but often also the most humiliating.

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However, a distinction must be made between blind tasting in the "literal sense" (in terms of appearance) and blind tasting in the "figurative sense" (in terms of information). The "beautiful appearance" of a wine, as important as a wine without turbidity is, can lead to a distortion of objectivity. In...

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