Mathematical Wine
In the spirit of the musical wine post I made the other day, I thought I would mention the combination of wine and mathematics.
Yes, that’s right. Someone has come up with a mathematical formula to determine the quality of wine. Leo McCloskey has a huge database of details on all kinds of wine and can use it to determine what quality a wine will be considered.
Yes, the chemical profiles. He’s not precisely popular with purists.
However, he can tell what price a wine is likely to fetch or estimate the score it would get when rated. It’s all pretty interesting, at least if you enjoy math as much as wine.
His results also change when vineyards harvest. It’s a gamble for his early clients, but it will pay off nicely if he helps them create higher value wines.
