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[–] tarknassus@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

We want it to be seen that an incorrect calculation can come to give a correct product, they explain from Bodegas Alcardet, which add that we understand that unexpected things can happen. Thus, they explain that the grape with which they then make their product is exposed to a different climate, to a changing environment - and hence the idea of reflecting that calculation whose sum does not give the final result, but that once it is taken there is what was wanted.

Huffington Post ES, translated so it might read a bit weird

From the manufacturer of the wine:

Correctness is not always an exact operation, just ask Alexander Fleming, the father of penicillin, or Marie Curie, the creator of radioactivity, whose fortuitous discoveries were made possible by unforeseen factors.

Today, oenology is a mixture of tradition with experimentation and technological innovation. At Bodegas Alcardet we consider Correcto a wine far from all calculations. Its success lies in the winemaker's freedom to combine the benefits of success and failure.

We flee from the precision that sometimes oppresses us and focus on the subjectivity of the unexpected. The essence is not always found in perfection but in the error that changes everything and makes it unique and special.

The Wonderful Mistake

As for the number significance, who knows? They never explained the specifics from what I could find.

Grapes don't always carry the one.

[–] ivanovsky@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

It's from their special Incorrecto selection.

are they trying to say the whole is less than the sum of its parts?

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its probably wrong on purpose, as engagement bait

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

engagement bait

That's what we are calling jokes nowadays?

[–] Heathcliff@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago

The engagement bait is on them!

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Off by 100.

"Correcto" my ass. This is wrongo.

[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Wrongo is a 2020 red varietal that pairs well with fresh astrophysics.

https://www.winesellersltd.com/wine_asset/wrongo-dongo-monastrell/

[–] dave881@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

This is why you should make the label before drinking the wine

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

They still haven't "fixed" it btw. And my human meat brain is 99% certain it's on purpose:
18 - 5 = 12
and
264 * 3 = 782

Bonus math problems.

[–] atlas@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

they are all off by 100, 1, and 10 respectfully; so we can say it was deliberate for whatever their reasoning may be.

[–] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

2nd one is 18-5 not 2. Looks like in the initial equation they forgot to carry the one, probably because it'd make the label look stupider than it already is.

[–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago

Theyre all wrong intentionally.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Whoops. Not that it mattered much as [@emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com pointed out, but thanks for correcting me nonetheless.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Putting the shitty drunk math aside, what’s the significance of all of the numbers?

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Battle of Hastings 1066, birth of Charlemagne 748. Not sure on the other two, events don't seem like they could be linked in the same way as far as years go but it could be something else.

[–] Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one 1 points 6 days ago

1166 was the birth of King John, for what it's worth.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe our resident historian, @PugJesus@lemmy.world, might have a clue?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Damnit. You were our only hope!

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean... 1066 was also the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England 🤷. Maybe it's deep wine satire implying the French can't count?

[–] blimthepixie@thebrainbin.org 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i suspect the explanation for the bad math is on the back.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 9 points 1 week ago

Naw, it's inside on the bottom.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

Hey it's wine satire. It doesn't need to make sense.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

I think the joke is this wine will get you too drunk to do math right

Drink first, ask questions later.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 0 points 1 week ago

If you can't even do basic math on the label, then how can I trust you to have not fucked up the actual product? I'll stick to whiskey.