Category: ratings

Why are people so hung up with the 100-point wine scale and the wine they are buying?  Do you want to drink 100-point wines every day?  Besides the possibility of prohibitive pricing, the wines may be 100-point rated, but may be recommended to age for another 5-10-20 years.  Are you willing to wait that long?  I have read somewhere that…

I’ve rallied against the 100 point wine rating scale, like Don Quixote who tilted against windmills. But as his quest fails, so maybe the 100 point wine rating scale rules. But what do the numbers in the 100 point wine rating scale mean?  As my contribution to wine critics everywhere, I diligently put together a point by point rating reference….

Movies and wines have many things in common.  There are different types or styles of movies such as: romance action horror comedy Similarly with wine we have, for example: red white rose sparkling fortified Movies and wines also share something else in common; ratings.  Before you go to a movie, you may have watched a movie critic on TV or…

There are two sides to every fence, to every coin, to every argument.  This also holds true for wine ratings.  I am on the side of not giving a wine I taste a rating on a 100 point scale.  I prefer to describe the wine I tasted, it’s style, if it may pair with some food, etc.  Other people prefer…