“There’s this study they did this time…”, we’ve all been told.

A study where professional wine people were given both red and white wines to sample, blind, and all at the same temperature.  The legend goes that most people couldn’t even tell the difference between red and white wine, never mind varietal, vintage, etc.

Some say it was a study at UC Davis, others say it was in France.

There are many who say no such study had ever, officially, occurred.

In 2002, Calvin Trillin followed this story for the New Yorker to find the truth and hopefully dispel some myths.

His findings may surprise you…

If you need to get into a 2002 state of mind, here’s a big part of your soundtrack from that summer: