Wine Enthusiast Ratings Guide Your Wine Selections

2007-03-08 10:33:40

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As a wine enthusiast, you would be interested to learn how various wines are rated by connoisseurs. Whether you are buying a bottle of wine en route to a party or several bottles to replenish the stock in your Marvel wine cooler, such ratings would guide you in selecting the wines to give as a gift or to sample yourself.

As a budding wine enthusiast, one way to know more about wines is to read when you can spare the time. Publications like Wine Enthusiast Magazine feature informative articles on the subject.

One of the regular features of Wine Enthusiast Magazine is an evaluation of wines by their editors and columnists. The evaluation is given as a numeric rating, on a scale from 1 to 100.

Wine Enthusiast, a new online publication coming from The Wine Enthusiast family of publications and wine accessories, reports to you on the results of their ratings after their panel has sampled a large quantity of wines.

A wine rated as Classic would have a numerical score of 98-100, and would be described as having reached the pinnacle of quality. A wine said to be Excellent and highly recommended would have a score between 90 and 93, while a wine would be rated Acceptable (for use in casual, not so critical occasions) if it earns a score of 80-82. You can get details about their ratings from their own Web site.

Wine Enthusiast editors also give special citations in each issue. Wines cited as the editors’ choice are highly recommended, while wines rated as cellar selections merit places in your collection or may reach their maximum potential after aging for a while in your wine cellar.

For your casual needs, Wine Enthusiast also cites best buys, which are wines with high quality relative to the price (generally less than fifteen dollars).


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