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Re:Has wine gone bad? by aeternus on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:10PM (#17077441)
Do sommeliers ever have to retake the test? Creating a test with a low pass rate is not hard and doesn't really prove anything unless it delivers consistent results.

Test could just be if (rand() < .0001)

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Re:Has wine gone bad? by cascom on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @06:23PM (#17078435)
Country x region x sub-region x grape variety x vintage?

Obscenely hard randomly, multiple times?

I believe there are multiple levels that get progressively harder so even more unlikely unlikely.

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Re:Has wine gone bad? by gowld on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @06:37PM (#17078521)
It depends on how accurate answers must be to be considered passing. (What's the curve?)
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