Quality system

The decision on wine quality is made by the consumer and, despite all the scientifically sound methods of analysis, is a mixture of subjective rather than objective impressions. Whether a wine "tastes good" also depends on physiological preferences or dislikes (someone doesn't like red wine because they once had a bad experience due to high histamine levels ), the consumer's cultural background and personal experience. While experience is strictly speaking subjective, it is also an objective criterion (heartburn from acidic wines is considered "poor quality").

De gustibus non est disputandum

The chemist uses objective analyses to describe what the wine is like, the consumer or wine critic describes subjectively what it tastes like. The former produces the same result when repeated, the latter is not certain. Ultimately, the saying applies: De gustibus non est disputandum (You can't argue about taste). A qualitative wine evaluation with grading and verbal description is determined by professional wine tasting. There are attempts to determine the "tastable" quality by means of a glycosyl-glucose assay.

To read the full text, you must be a Premium Member of wein.plus. You are currently not logged in to wein.plus. Become a Premium Member or log in with your credentials .

Become a Premium Member of wein.plus

Voices of our members

In the past, you needed a wealth of encyclopaedias and specialist literature to keep up to date in your vinophile professional life. Today, Wine lexicon from wein.plus is one of my best helpers and can rightly be called the "bible of wine knowledge".
Prof. Dr. Walter Kutscher
Lehrgangsleiter Sommelierausbildung WIFI-Wien

Quality system

De gustibus non est disputandum

To read the full text, you must be a Premium Member of wein.plus. You are currently not logged in to wein.plus. Become a Premium Member or log in with your credentials .

Voices of our members

The world's largest Lexicon of wine terms.

EVENTS NEAR YOU

Welcome back!

Quality system

De gustibus non est disputandum

To read the full text, you must be a Premium Member of wein.plus. You are currently not logged in to wein.plus. Become a Premium Member or log in with your credentials .

Voices of our members

The world's largest Lexicon of wine terms.

EVENTS NEAR YOU