TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 25: A selection of reds is prepared for a tasting panel as the Best Value wine competition gets underway on February 25, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Wine has been produced in ...

It’s almost gospel in the realm of wine tasting that whites come first, followed by reds. The habit is so ingrained that master sommelier Richard Betts still remembers the year in which he was forced ...