Wine Critics More Sensitive to Flavors Buyers Can’t Taste

The flavors described so effusively by top wine critics may not be shared by consumers who buy products based on their opinions, a researcher suggests.

Winemakers and critics surveyed in Canada were found to be much better able to sense a test chemical as intensely bitter, compared with average consumers who weren’t bothered by the taste, according to a report in the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture.