the results of an experiment we did at CSU Fresno on a 1999 Syrah, in which twenty-two judges voted their preferences for blends of untreated and alcohol-reduced components comprising thirty-one alcohol points between 12.5% and 15.5% in 0.1% increments. No bell curve. Instead we have the equivalent of radio stations, with very poor wines just 0.1% away from highly rated ones. At Vinovation we alcohol-adjusted 2,500 wines per year for fifteen years and never saw a bell curve.
