Wine Ratings - What the %^&$ do they mean?
Posted by John Clerides on May 02, 2019
When I first started in the wine business some 33 years ago, there were very few American wine writers & critics, most of the journalists were from England. Clive Coates, Michael Broadbent, Serena Sutcliffe and Hugh Jonson come to mind.For those of you who have traveled to the UK the English have a far different palate than those of North Americans. Wines were rated out of 20 points.So if a wine received say 15/20 and if my math is correct, that is 75% or 5 points from 20/20 apparent perfect
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