Archive for the ‘Rating Wine’ Category
Trying to write a book covering the current status of the California wine industry isn't easy. Such a book will never be comprehensive unless the end product runs thousands of pages. Trying to write a survey of the world of California wine must mean, then, carefully choosing those producers to include in the volume in such a way that those wineries covered deliver a fair representation of the world of California wine. This is exactly what a new and beautiful…
As a follow up my last post on wine media and writing, I want to draw attention to some very different types of wine media. POINTS MEDIA—The Wine Blue Book If you look at the right side of this blog, you'll see an ad for THE WINE BLUE BOOK. The tag line in the add is "Better Wines By the Numbers". I originally spoke with the owner after looking over this fascinating journal and after speaking with them about possible…
Former wine critics don't go away, they just blog. And this is a good thing. For many years, Daniel Sogg worked on the West Coast for The Wine Spectator. He reviewed wines, wrote features and wrote news reports. He understands as well as anyone the world from inside the confines of a key wine review publications. However, now he is a consultant. And now he's also a wine blogger: The Sogg Blog: Speaking Truth About Wine. To-date, Daniel has only…
With Robert Parker, Jr.'s announcement that he is turning over reviewing responsibilities for California wines to Antonio Galloni, there has been one major question on the minds of California wineries, wine retailers across the country and collectors: Will Galloni appreciate the same wines as Mr. Parker has appreciated? The reasons this question arises should be clear: 1. Mr. Parker's reviews of California wines have been very influential with collectors and retailers who have used the reviews to help aid them…
Yes, the 100 Point rating scale is not perfect. OK, with that out of the way, I find the 100 point rating system fascinating on a number of levels. Most fascinating of all is the degree to which it effects those wines that receive very high scores. Even more fascinating is the degree to which a wine that receives the elusive 100 Point rating is helped. Much more fascinating is the degree to which a 100 Point Robert Parker rating…
