An Analysis of the Concordance Among 13 U.S. Wine Competitions
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Wine Economics
- Vol. 4 (1) , 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1931436100000638
Abstract
An analysis of over 4000 wines entered in 13 U.S. wine competitions shows little concordance among the venues in awarding Gold medals. Of the 2,440 wines entered in more than three competitions, 47 percent received Gold medals, but 84 percent of these same wines also received no award in another competition. Thus, many wines that are viewed as extraordinarily good at some competitions are viewed as below average at others. An analysis of the number of Gold medals received in multiple competitions indicates that the probability of winning a Gold medal at one competition is stochastically independent of the probability of receiving a Gold at another competition, indicating that winning a Gold medal is greatly influenced by chance alone. (JEL Classification: D02, Q19)Keywords
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