Posts Tagged“wine ratings”

What Wine Rating System Do You Want Me to Use?

Wine ratings. They have long been a source of tension, discussion and angst in the wine world. And with Blake Gray’s recent piece in the San Francisco Chronicle last week about the 100-point scale, it’s hot on the blogs once again. It’s also something that I’ve wrestled with here on LENNDEVOURS for quite a while. Long-time readers will remember that I used to offer grades…A through F. Then, I decided that I didn’t like that system and wasn’t sure what to move to. So, I moved away form rating/grades altogether. After all, I try to write reviews–you know, actual words–that…

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The Wine Ratings Game

By Contributing Columnist Richard Olsen-Harbich When it comes to things like music, cars, sports, food or even clothes, Americans are adamant about their likes and dislikes. Why is it when it comes to the subject of wine, so many Americans act like a deer in the headlights? How often have you heard someone say, as you them pour a glass of wine –  “I’m not a wine connoisseur…I really don’t know much about it.” Of course we know it’s partly due to the fact that most of us didn’t grow up with wine like kids in European countries. The “foreign…

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