What’s the difference between a wine that is alternately rated 4 of 5-Stars, 16 of 20 points and 88 of 100 points? The answer is: many things. I bring this up after spending time with the Ratings Conversion Chart created...

I picked up the new wine rating newsletter from VinTrust at the Recent Wine Spirits Magazines Top 100 Tasting. VinTrust finally announced the emergence of their new publication today in a press release via BusinessWire and this spurred me...

W. R. Tish has had the second half of his long article on America's glossy wine magazines published by Wines Vines magazine, a trade publication. No one will miss the irony that Tish delivers has he rates the glossies on...

Something very encouraging and thoughtful is happening at the Wine Enthusiast Magazine. It's a trend that affects it's scoring of California wines. In a word, that trend is Elegance. Some folks follow the scores and reviews of wines at wine...

The post right below this one spurred on Fred Koeppel of KoeppelOnWine to make this comment: Tom, I know that you don't review wines on Fermentation, but you owe it to your readers and fans AND to the winery that...

Anyone remember that great scene in the movie High Fidelity in which Dick walks in on Rob (played by John Cusack) who is reorganizing his record collection? Dick: Doing it Chronologically?Rob: NoDick: Alphabetical?Rob: NopeDick: What?Rob: Autobiographical!!Dick: No Fucking Way. Pretty...

I think it was Christopher Hitchens who said, and I paraphrase, Assertions offered with no evidence can be dismissed without evidence. I was thinking about this, and other things, as I read this amazing comment from Michel Rolland, the French...

I don't think it is a matter of simply being adverse to change, though I am a fan of stability. That said, I really can't say how disappointed I was recently when I picked up a domestic rose that I've...

Where does the most Wine Spectator Magazine stand on Pinot Noir? It's a pretty broad question. So, here is the broad answer: I took at look at the Wine Spectator's reviews of Pinot Noirs in specific regions for the vintages...

You just never know what's going to impress. Saturday we had a nice little dinner party here. No reason for it other than just to get together good friends. Of course, wine was involved. No one broke out any big...