http://wannabewino.com/2009/04/14/futures-buying-tasting/ A Wino's Journey Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://wannabewino.com/2009/04/14/futures-buying-tasting/#comment-4523 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:53:07 +0000 http://wannabewino.com/?p=2148#comment-4523 That’s fair enough refugee….though I am considering buying futures this year without ever tasting them just to take advantage of the deals. Though I am swayed by the fact of good experiences with the various wineries in the past.

]]> http://wannabewino.com/2009/04/14/futures-buying-tasting/#comment-4347 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:32:54 +0000 http://wannabewino.com/?p=2148#comment-4347 Having bought a number of futures (both professionally and personally) over the last dozen years or so, I think that the most significant problem with futures is the paradox of experiential expectation. That is to say that even those of us who have professional palates are influenced slightly by the experience when we taste. Once you have made an investment in the wine, even if it comes at a discount, and through the prism of fond memories, it becomes more difficult to be fully objective in evaluation.

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