The other day I poured a bottle wine down the sink. This is a wine I usually like, and in fact I still recommend that wine. But this particular bottle was bad — at least, I hope it was only this particular bottle.
Sometimes that will happen. A bottle will go bad, either because of a mistake by the winery, improper handling in shipment, or neglect by the wine merchant. Sometimes a wine can be ruined by its success as the winery overproduces the wine to meet demand.
All of these ratings are my personal opinions, and while I've had some of these wines multiple times, at other times I've had just a single tasting. You may disagree with these ratings, or you may find that the bottle you purchase doesn't meet your expectations. This is the nature of wine, which remains an art rather than a science. And of course everyone's taste is different.
I'd like to paraphrase the Wall Street Journal's wine reviewers, Gaiter and Brecher, who said something very important. If you find a wine that's inexpensive and that you enjoy, this doesn't mean you have poor taste — this means you've found a bargain. It's your and your friends' enjoyment of the wine that's important, not what I or anyone else thinks of the wine.
I rate the wine on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). I have reserved a rating of 0 to wines that are unpalatable where I am unable to resolve to my satisfaction that the problem is a corked bottle rather than an error at the winery.
If you would like to give me feedback on this site, please use the link below.
Here's a few thoughts about rating wines.
The other day I poured a bottle wine down the sink. This is a wine I usually like, and in fact I still recommend that wine. But this particular bottle was bad — at least, I hope it was only this particular bottle.
Sometimes that will happen. A bottle will go bad, either because of a mistake by the winery, improper handling in shipment, or neglect by the wine merchant. Sometimes a wine can be ruined by its success as the winery overproduces the wine to meet demand.
All of these ratings are my personal opinions, and while I've had some of these wines multiple times, at other times I've had just a single tasting. You may disagree with these ratings, or you may find that the bottle you purchase doesn't meet your expectations. This is the nature of wine, which remains an art rather than a science. And of course everyone's taste is different.
I'd like to paraphrase the Wall Street Journal's wine reviewers, Gaiter and Brecher, who said something very important. If you find a wine that's inexpensive and that you enjoy, this doesn't mean you have poor taste — this means you've found a bargain. It's your and your friends' enjoyment of the wine that's important, not what I or anyone else thinks of the wine.
I rate the wine on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). I have reserved a rating of 0 to wines that are unpalatable where I am unable to resolve to my satisfaction that the problem is a corked bottle rather than an error at the winery.
If you would like to give me feedback on this site, please use the link below.