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Why the 100 Point Scale is Tosh

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Tim Hall

I’ve long thought that published scores for wines in the wine consumer press are meaningless.  Most of the wines seem to do amazingly well.  Imagine if every car magazine scored each road test at about 85- 90%.  It should make … Continue reading →

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‘I’m 90 Points on That’ – Scoring Wine

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Tim Hall

A cringeworthy short video of US wine critic James Suckling spraying instant scores for wine in all directions off the top of his head, reminded me recently how fraught and difficult is the business of summing up a wine with a numerical or … Continue reading →

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