Further evidence that taste is dependent on preconception

[The Green Monkey]

Thought some of you enophile types might find this interesting.

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008.../cheap-wine/?hp

 

[Napa_Smokes]

This articles and research have been going on for decades and in over a vast number of subjects. It has also been stated that someone with little to no experience can detect flavors that more educated palates missed.

It is all subjective. I have tried some cheap wine that was great, some expensive wine that was all hype and I would never drink again. I can say the same about cigars, beef, beer, bourbon, scotch, vodka, cereal, and just about anything else that we buy and consume.

It goes back to the Drink/smoke what you like and can afford.

 

[bpj87]

This articles and research have been going on for decades and in over a vast number of subjects. It has also been stated that someone with little to no experience can detect flavors that more educated palates missed.

It is all subjective. I have tried some cheap wine that was great, some expensive wine that was all hype and I would never drink again. I can say the same about cigars, beef, beer, bourbon, scotch, vodka, cereal, and just about anything else that we buy and consume.

It goes back to the Drink/smoke what you like and can afford.

A simple beer example of this is that Corona is priced similarly to countless microbrews of much higher quality in the same style. :whistling: