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    Good Food

    Faux Wine Award

    Wine critic Robin Goldstein exposes the wine world's awards selection process. He also talks about conducting brown-bag blind wine tasting to reveal the true taste difference between an expensive bottle of wine and a cheap one.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Wine critic Robin Goldstein exposes the wine world's awards selection process. He also talks about conducting brown-bag blind wine tasting to reveal the true taste difference between an expensive bottle of wine and a cheap one.

    Fearless Critic series, is also the co-author of The Wine Trials: 100 Everyday Wines Under $15 that Beat $50 to $150 Wines in Brown-Bag Blind Tastings. For do-it-yourself blind-tasting forms, visit www.TheWineTrials.com. You can also find the menu and wine list for the faux restaurant, Osteria L'Intrepido, that won the Wine Spectator award. The story about Goldstein and his faux wine award recently appeared in a Los Angeles Timesarticle.

    Music break: Cerveza by Bert Kaempfert

    The full episode

    4 of 8
    Faux Wine Award; Ode to Breakfast; Cocktail History; Vegan Soup
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 7:44Cheese by Hand Project
    3. 15:10Szechwan Best
    4. 21:47Faux Wine AwardYou’re reading this
    5. 29:12History of the Cocktail
    6. 37:59Ode to Breakfast
    7. 44:50Vegan Soup
    8. 51:09Gumbo Tales
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    4 of 8
    Faux Wine Award; Ode to Breakfast; Cocktail History; Vegan Soup
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 7:44Cheese by Hand Project
    3. 15:10Szechwan Best
    4. 21:47Faux Wine AwardYou’re reading this
    5. 29:12History of the Cocktail
    6. 37:59Ode to Breakfast
    7. 44:50Vegan Soup
    8. 51:09Gumbo Tales
    Back to Good Food