JEP ) wrote:
>Dave > wrote in message >. ..
>>> By the way, for those who haven't tried this yet here is a great
>> experiment.
>> Go to a local restaurant with a good "by the glass" wine list. $7 to
>> $10 a glass. Tell the bartender to pour 4 glasses. 3 different
>> varitals, but duplicate one of them. So here you sit with 4 glasses of
>> wine. Try to find the 2 that are the same. It is REALLY hard because
>> they ALL taste the same.
>> What a shame.
>>

>No way. You set (for example) a good Pinot Noir, a good Cabernet and a
>good Syrah in front of me and I will be able to find the two that
>match. I'll even be able to tell you which is which (most of the time
>anyway).

>There is a lot of indistinct wine out there and a lot of those end up
>in your local restaurant for BtG pours, but the good wines keep their
>varietal characteristics even if reverse osmosis is used.

>Andy


Ah, but you're not giving yourself a challenge! Try it with a group
of Bordeaux varities, like a merlot, a cab franc, and a cab sauv.
Or to make the original poster's point, 3 cab sauvs.

Dave
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