Most wine tasting is bunk:<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tas...</a><p>It doesn't make sense to buy above your discrimination limit:<p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/07/29/9851534.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2009/07/29/98515...</a><p>So just go for the German model.