DRAKESBAD PLANNING GROUP
WINE TASTING AND RESEARCH PROJECT

March 22, 2003

Five red wines were carefully disguised as shown above (mouseover to see them unmasked). The 10 tasters rated each wine in the four categories shown below. Ratings ranged from 1 to 5, with 5 being the best. The table below shows the total for each wine in these categories.

The overall winner was the Adelaida Schoolhouse Zinfandel, however, the Viano Zinfandel won in two categories: legs and taste.


Wine
Nose
Legs
Taste
Finish
Total
Price
Yellow with Black Dot
Cline Zinfandel 2000
32.5
27
37
31.5
32
$6.00
Bright Green Dot
Viano Zinfandel 1999
25.5
31
38
36.5
32.6
$6.00
Light Green Dot
Condeza de Leganza Crianza
21.5
26.5
26.0
25.0
24.8
$6.00
Orange Dot
Ca' del Sol Big House Red  
22.5
23
28.5
27.5
18.9
$8.00
Yellow Dot
Adelada Schoolhouse Zinfandel  
36
27.5
33.5
39
34
$13.00

Our statistician, Paul, reads the results. Other participants in the tasting were Barbara and Jim (our hosts), Chris, George, David, Rita, Dave, Meg, and Marty.