As if the majority of the American public didn't already think that "wine professional" was another term for "buzzkill who can't get a real job," I have a dirty little secret about professional tasting that I want to share. When we taste, it is not for pleasure. The job of the professional wine taster is to find the faults with the wine, and it's a bit like finding all the reasons not to award the Cub Scout his Webelos badge.


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