My friend Taylor over at Wine Enclave put up a post a while back about how he felt ripped off by buying a several bottles of wine that were highly rated by both Robert Park and Wine Advocate. It made me wonder about the numbers behind these rating systems.
The 100 point wine scales is shrouded in mystery. The higher the better. Over 90 and its good. That's all that I can tell you. I find the categories on the beer sites like Beer Advocate and Beer Rating to be somewhat amusing.
Here are the factors at Beer Advocate.
Look: Who cares
Smell: Important
Taste: Important
Feel: Occassionaly interesting, but ultimately irrelevant.
Drink: Redudant combination of taste and feel.
Here at Two Parts Rye, our crack panel of experts, me, go by the tried and true method of I'm always right. I have yet to disagree with any of my ratings.
There is one case where look is important. Vino Verde. It looks like bottled water. Guess what it tastes like?
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