Originally published on January 24, 2008.
I was just flipping through the latest Wine Spectator, which always seems to find me even though I haven’t subscribed personally ever. Just noticed the tasters are all men, every one of them. I guess I’m not surprised – would probably be the same if I checked out Wine Enthusiast, Wine Advocate, probably even Tanzer – I guess I just never paid attention to it. It does make me wonder, would the ratings, or the language of all these commercial wine publications be at all different if more women were actually tasters (and not just tasting coordinators – very different gig.) Would wine be less, mysterious, less intimidating? Things that make you go hmmmm.