1. Fellow tasters on the night gave it 18 points, just half a point under what is needed for a gold medal.
2. The answer is complex said Wooding one hypothesis is that people who are not sensitive to bitterness can taste something bitter tasters can't.
3. Ratcliffe does not share the commonly held view that women make better wine tasters than men.
4. None of the panel liked the two 2006 French premier cru burgundies, even the French tasters in the group.
5. The selection was based on a vote and review of several wines by a group of Chinese wine tasters in January.