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		aeternus on May 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Has wine gone bad? Do sommeliers ever have to retake the test? Creating a test with a low pass rate is not hard and doesn't really prove anything unless it delivers consistent results. Test could just be if (rand() < .0001)

cascom on May 15, 2018 [–]

Country x region x sub-region x grape variety x vintage?

Obscenely hard randomly, multiple times?

I believe there are multiple levels that get progressively harder so even more unlikely unlikely.

gowld on May 15, 2018 | [–]

It depends on how accurate answers must be to be considered passing. (What's the curve?)

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