Harvard Data Science Review Podcast
The Judgment of Paris at 50: Wine, Wisdom, and What We Still Don’t Know
June 1, 202629 min · 5,298 words
Show notes
This month’s episode of the Harvard Data Science Review Podcast uncorks the fascinating intersection of wine, judgment, and data science. Economist and wine expert Orley Ashenfelter and Master of Wine Susan Lin join us to explore the enduring legacy of the 1976 “Judgment of Paris,” the blind tasting that reshaped perceptions of wine quality and transformed the global wine industry.
Highlighted moments
one person was hosting the event and made a mistake and put the same wine in the list twice. Didn't recall that he'd done this. We tasted them. They didn't get the same score.
“is there enough agreement amongst the judges that this really makes any sense to say that? Because if there isn't enough agreement, what that really means is if you do it again, you're not going to get the same answer.”
“the wine, when tasted without any of the music, was terrible. People did not like it. They were like, this wine is out of balance. It's bitter.”
“Even the wine experts, the perception of the wine was, everything was of lower quality when it was tasted without music.”
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