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"   Torn between a $20 bottle of wine and something way cheaper? Unless you&amp;#039;re a sommelier, you should save your cash. According to a new study from Pennsylvania State University, most of us can&amp;#039;t taste all of those little flavor notes (honeydew, hints of leather, coffee) that wine labels talk about.  Researchers evaluated hundreds of wine drinkers\u2014experts and the rest of us\u2014and had them taste a chemical that measured their reaction to bitterness. They found that wine experts were 40 percent more sensitive to the bitter taste than everyone else, meaning their tastebuds are more accurate.  That accuracy allows them to notice when a wine has notes of blackberry with a pepper finish, pear and lime notes, etc., while the rest of us just notice that particular bottle tastes good. So if you&amp;#039;re looking to buy a nice bottle of wine for a friend who works in the restaurant industry, maybe you should opt for the more expensive option. (If you&amp;#039;re not familiar with a brand while you&amp;#039;re shopping, ask a sales rep for a &amp;quot;complex&amp;quot; wine, since more expensive doesn&amp;#039;t always mean better.) But if you just want something for yourself that tastes just as yummy, a $12 bottle should do it. How much do you usually spend on wine? Photo: Martin Poole/Photodisc "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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