Published 2006
Blending earned its dubious reputation before the mid 20th century when wine laws were either non-existent or under-enforced, and ‘stretching’ a superior wine by blending it with inferior wines was commonplace (see adulteration). Blending of different lots of the same wine as it is commonly practised today to ensure that quality is maximal and consistent was not possible before the days of large blending vats; before then wine was bottled from individual casks or vats, which is one explanation of the much higher degree of bottle variation in older vintages.
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