How we get our ratings and what they mean
Wine ratings are based on a 100 point scale. The numbers can
be qualified in relation to school grades. 90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 = C,
60-69 = D, and 50-59 = F. Differences between a wine rated 84 to a wine rated
85 will be small but a wine rated 90 (receiving an A grade) should be more
noticeable to a wine rated 89 (receiving a B grade). Please remember that these
scores were given by professional critics and it is their interpretation of the
wine. The ratings should be used along with tasting notes, and winery
information as a guide to help you make informed choices. Nothing, however, can
equal or replace your own palate in determining what you think is a great wine.
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WS - Wine Spectator
Wine Spectator editors review more than 12,000 wines each
year in blind tastings. Every issue of Wine Spectator magazine contains from
400 to more than 1,000 wine reviews with detailed tasting notes and analysis.
They set stringent standards for themselves and rely on the proven ability and
experience of their editors as tasters and critics.
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WA - Wine Advocate
Robert Parker's influential bimonthly newsletter, The Wine
Advocate, with more than 45,000 subscribers across the United States and in
more than thirty-seven countries, exerts the single most significant influence
on consumers' wine-buying habits and trends in America, Europe, and the Far
East, and impacts the way wine is being made in every wine-producing country in
the world, from France to Australia. Parker has been profiled in countless
magazines and newspapers around the world and most of his dozen books have been
best sellers in the United States and abroad.
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W&S - Wine and
Spirits
Wine and Spirits is America's practical guide to the
straightforward, enlightened enjoyment of fine wine and premium spirits. They
have for 18 years served customers and marketers alike with a lively mix of
wine reviews, features, profiles, food and wine pairings, new product
introductions, travel pieces, history, opinion and wine business news.
Editorial is focused on serving the needs of the customer, but they are well
aware that this same information will also be vital to wine marketers,
producers, retailers and restaurateurs. Circulation is 75,000: 71,000 paid
(48,000 newsstand, 23,000 subscribers); 4,000 non-paid.
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WE - Wine Enthusiast
Founded in 1979, The Wine Enthusiast Companies is the
world's number one source for wine accessories, storage, information,
education, events and travel, and is a driving force in the marketplace. Over
the last 25 years, this multi-faceted business has thrived along with America's
ever expanding enchantment with wine. Wine Enthusiast Magazine has also
launched an ongoing series of consumer and trade wine tasting events led by
“Toast of the Town”, a spectacular fine wine and food exposition.
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ST - Stephen Tanzer
Stephen D. Tanzer is editor and publisher of the critically
acclaimed bimonthly International Wine Cellar, an independent journal read by
wine lovers in all 50 states and 28 countries, and translated into French and
Japanese since 1997. Tanzer has also served as Senior Editor and wine columnist
for Food & Wine magazine and wine columnist for Forbes FYI. He wrote the
1998 and 1999 editions of Food & Wine Magazine's Official Wine Guide.
Tanzer samples more than 10,000 wines annually, spending several months each
year tasting and discussing wines with their makers, both in the U.S. and
abroad.
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JH - James Halliday
James Halliday is Australia's most respected wine critic and
wine writer. He has written or contributed to more than 50 books on wine. He
was the founder of Coldstream Hills in Victoria's Yarra Valley, and before that
of Brokenwood, in the Hunter Valley. He regularly judges at wine shows both in
Australia and overseas, and is an unmatched authority on all aspects of the
wine industry.
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