🍷 Blind tasting
Tasting without seeing the label in order to judge fairly.
Blind tasting means tasting wine without knowing which wine it is. The bottles are placed in packaging that hides their shape and label, and the tasters judge only what they see, smell and taste. The aim is to judge the wine itself, not its name, price or reputation.
International wine competitions work this way. The OIV standard for them makes absolute anonymity of the samples a fundamental principle: the bottles are put in packaging that conceals their form, the jurors keep silent and make no gestures, and each sample is served in a standard tasting glass (ISO 3591). Jurors record their marks on score sheets covering appearance, nose and taste.
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What is blind tasting?
Tasting wine without knowing which wine it is, to judge it impartially.
What is blind tasting for?
To judge the wine itself: the OIV standard for wine competitions makes absolute anonymity of the samples a fundamental principle.