Women are objectively better wine tasters than men.
A study published in scientific food journal "Food Quality" found that women are scientifically better than men at tasting wine. They are more perceptive to picking on on subtleties in taste and smell. Women also showed a superior ability to differentiate between wines and were less susceptible to emotions when objectively evaluating wine.
That women are superior to men when it comes to tasting wine is of no surprise; women are better than men at many (most?) things in my opinion.
What IS surprising is that of the 229 Master Sommeliers in the world, only 15% are women! I suppose this shouldn't be surprising given the prevalence of underrepresented across many industries, but 15% was astonishing.
Any of my classmates have hypotheses as to why more women are not becoming sommeliers? Would love to hear in the comments!
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