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Experiment: Is expensive wine really better than cheap wine? The answer will surprise you!

Is expensive wine really better than cheap wine?

Cheap wine is not necessarily bad wine. And although this may seem like a heretical thought to die-hard wine lovers, it is the truth that Vox has proven with his experiment. In it, they decided to check if there really is such a quality gap between expensive and cheap wines. The test was carried out on three bottles of wine from the same grape, but at different prices. Contrary to expectations, cheap wine performed better than expensive wine.

It is a wine that is five times more expensive from a bottle of other wine as well five times better? News Web page Vox he passed the test on 19 people, who tasted and evaluated wine from three different expensive bottles wines of the same origin. One bottle was sold for $8, another for $14, and the third for $43.

Is expensive wine really that much better than cheap wine? The answer is no.
Is expensive wine really that much better than cheap wine? The answer is no.

Almost half of the test subjects are identified the most expensive bottle, but not because it would be their favorite. Quite the opposite.

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Average ratings for the cheapest and most expensive wine they ended up being almost identical, which is not surprising. Many studies have shown that wine is expensive for you, unless you have a trained language or you are great connoisseur, will not like it at all. Other interesting ones findings of the experiment take a look in the clip:

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