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One thing that amuses me is that blind wine tasting.
In that context, where the tasters don't know what the answer is supposed to be in advance, there isn't a lot of difference between $30 wines and $300 wines. So if a wine is described as tasting like "Great structure, with sage, raspberry ganache and chocolate, Asian spices, underbrush and lavender fl avors and aromas, it surprises with spicy earth, sweaty fruit and bread, supported by green apple, fig paste, blackberry and spring flowers." -- that's bullshit. So given that, just drive to Rutherglen, Victoria for the weekend, have fun, and don't be a snob.
I don't know wine or wine tasting but I'm sure that for the layman general public and many critics this may be the case, but for a select group who have both talent and experience this wouldn't be difficult. Most of the studies I have read on this are with members of the public, not professionals. A more accurate example would be "HD" music tracks sold for more at a at 96 kHz sample rate rather than the standard 44.1 when most speakers cannot reproduce this and at 44.1 one can accurately sample frequencies up to 22050 which is already above the hearing range of 99.9% of adults and playback range of audio systems.
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