Comments on: What the F.A.A. and Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate have in common http://blindtaste.com/2009/06/06/what-the-faa-and-robert-parker%e2%80%99s-wine-advocate-have-in-common/ A critical review of food, drinks, culture, and cognition Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:38:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Colin Holland http://blindtaste.com/2009/06/06/what-the-faa-and-robert-parker%e2%80%99s-wine-advocate-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-29260 Colin Holland Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:54:02 +0000 http://blindtaste.com/?p=413#comment-29260 I blame the psychoanalysts who have opened the human mind for all and sundry to abuse. Place someone in warm and pleasurable surroundings, feed them the best meals and the ask them to taste review your wine ... I'm sure that you are likely to receive a far more positive feedback. It's a tool that is too valuable for marketers not to use ... and if done properly I think that even the strongest willed might succumb to its heady flirtation. It's not long until it sadly becomes second nature and our trusted sources become nothing other than spokes-people for the machine. I blame the psychoanalysts who have opened the human mind for all and sundry to abuse. Place someone in warm and pleasurable surroundings, feed them the best meals and the ask them to taste review your wine … I’m sure that you are likely to receive a far more positive feedback.

It’s a tool that is too valuable for marketers not to use … and if done properly I think that even the strongest willed might succumb to its heady flirtation. It’s not long until it sadly becomes second nature and our trusted sources become nothing other than spokes-people for the machine.

]]> By: Blind Taste / Robin Goldstein» Blog Archive » “Parker’s Wine Bargains” lists same exact wine twice, with totally different reviews http://blindtaste.com/2009/06/06/what-the-faa-and-robert-parker%e2%80%99s-wine-advocate-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-5169 Blind Taste / Robin Goldstein» Blog Archive » “Parker’s Wine Bargains” lists same exact wine twice, with totally different reviews Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:24:21 +0000 http://blindtaste.com/?p=413#comment-5169 [...] by Wine Advocate critic Jay Miller (who was recently criticized in the Wall Street Journal for accepting a lavish junket in [...] [...] by Wine Advocate critic Jay Miller (who was recently criticized in the Wall Street Journal for accepting a lavish junket in [...]

]]> By: eman http://blindtaste.com/2009/06/06/what-the-faa-and-robert-parker%e2%80%99s-wine-advocate-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 eman Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:27:54 +0000 http://blindtaste.com/?p=413#comment-1522 Great story. The fundamental issue here is that the current review systems are a bottleneck and open to abuse, not just by the above mentioned but others in the industry. What we need is a more objective and less complicated way to rate any wines - cheap or expensive. My research would suggest that the average professional reviewer can review about to 8-10K wines a year. Sometimes they are rating a different vintage of the same brand. How will this ever lead to more long tail discovery. How will the smaller wineries (<10,000 cases) ever get noticed with such a bottleneck. We are working to try and fix this problem. Great story. The fundamental issue here is that the current review systems are a bottleneck and open to abuse, not just by the above mentioned but others in the industry. What we need is a more objective and less complicated way to rate any wines – cheap or expensive. My research would suggest that the average professional reviewer can review about to 8-10K wines a year. Sometimes they are rating a different vintage of the same brand. How will this ever lead to more long tail discovery. How will the smaller wineries (<10,000 cases) ever get noticed with such a bottleneck. We are working to try and fix this problem.

]]> By: Robin Goldstein on the Economics of Wine - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com http://blindtaste.com/2009/06/06/what-the-faa-and-robert-parker%e2%80%99s-wine-advocate-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Robin Goldstein on the Economics of Wine - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:06:44 +0000 http://blindtaste.com/?p=413#comment-1514 [...] he blogged about abuses on the part of information intermediaries in the wine industry and how most drinkers prefer cheap wines to expensive [...] [...] he blogged about abuses on the part of information intermediaries in the wine industry and how most drinkers prefer cheap wines to expensive [...]

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