COA deputy minister Lee Jen-chyuan says that the general feeling among the judges who tasted the wines with food was that they were "a little on the sweet side." Moreover, the wine bottles resembled vinegar bottles and it was difficult to tell the two apart.
農委會副主委李健全說，不少評審以參賽酒搭配菜餚試吃後，普遍覺得這些酒「稍甜」；而酒的包裝也看起來太像醋，很難區分。