Comment by ogig

My father has been a wine lover for all his, now long, adult life. He has an impressive cellar with some of the best wines of Spain and France. He was also fooled in some blind tastings, like believing a white wine was actually red. But he can also tell the difference between most of his favorite wines, and so do I. So this is not a black or white situation. While some blind taste tests are difficult, others are easy to pass. Depends on what are you prepared to or exposed to. There are plenty of sommelier competitions where they tell apart years and zones very precisely.

On the other hand. I don't know about those wines your are talking about but throwing, for example, a 34 years old wine to compete in a blind test against a cheap modern wine is a bad idea and I might prefer the modern one too in that setting. You need to prepare a good meal or cheese to have that old wine with, a table and good people, time for the wine to breath, good glasses... a pleasure setting. Then, only then the 34 years old wine will reveal why it costs that much.

I still agree with you that there are many good wines on the low price range, and people should drink what it tastes best for them.

The wine blender idea seems terrible to me. I can't believe it will output anything good, but hey, I would try it.

I'm from a wine region in Spain, by the way.