It seems hollow to me to taste a great wine and not share it with others. I take my absolute best wines to tastings, because I enjoy them most with other people. The ability to try a much broader variety of bottlings. There is so much label bias that people will drink the top labels and leave something better that they have not tried before. Wine is not a competitive sport.
Blind tastings inevitabley leave a bad taste in someone's mouth.
Blind tastings add an element of fun to what might otherwise become stuffy. Takes the snob appeal right out of the equation. We concentrate on identifying grape types, regions, nuances rather than quality, so there's no biases or dishonesty to display. We'll change our minds after it's unbagged anyway. Begin or join one in the conversation part of our Forums .