Comments for The Berlin Tasting at http://www.thewinesocietyofindia.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.thewinesocietyofindia.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:47:43 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.thewinesocietyofindia.com/wine-blogs/The-Berlin-Tasting.html/#comment-36 Until I was invited as a "guest/journalist" to participate in the Indy International Wine Competition recently, I had no idea how hard judges worked and the challenge of keeping wines in mind as one is judged against another for accolades-points-medals. I fear that most consumers of wine have no real idea of what goes into competitions. I perceive that not all competitions and rating systems are equal, and this lack of knowledge on the consumer part leads to blind acceptance of judgements and can skew the market away from perfectly wonderful wines. In my blog (www.winebiznews.blogspot.com) I wrote about the efforts involved in a competition and tried to contribute a bit to the education of the consuming public. I believe that more education of this sort is needed. Cheers, Barbara Keck - Barbara Keck Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:04:44 +0100