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An interesting paper entitled "An Analysis of the Concordance Among 13 U.S. Wine Competitions" just published in the Journal of Wine Economics makes the following conclusion:

"An examination of the results of 13 U.S. wine competitions shows that (1) there is almost no consensus among the 13 wine competitions regarding wine quality, (2) for wines receiving a Gold medal in one or more competitions, it is very likely that the same wine received no award at another, (3) the likelihood of receiving a Gold medal can be statistically explained by chance alone."

Another reason to taste wine often and buy what YOU like.