This episode dives into the world of wine critics & rating systems (100pt Parker & Suckling, 20pt Gabriel & Robinson, 5pt Vivino). We explore the articles on wine critic influence & challenges, debate the value of point systems altogether. Should we ditch the scores & explore wines based on personal taste & discovery? Cheers to that!
Alexander Gottschalk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-gottschalk-641838223/)
Shownotes:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:01:56) Wine experts: MW and MS
https://www.mastersommeliers.org/certification/exams/exam-faqs
https://www.mastersofwine.org/about-us/faqs
(00:04:04) The 100 Point Scale
https://www.robertparker.com/about/the-rating-system
(00:06:09) The 20 Point Scale
https://bottled-grapes.de/rene-gabriel-weinkritiker-portraet/
(00:09:03 ) The 5 point scale
https://wine-family.com/pages/the-vivino-5-star-rating-system-what-you-need-to-know
(00:12:27) Overview over all rating systems
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0527/6177/files/how_we_rate_wines.pdf
https://www.munichwinecompany.com/de/mwc-wine-scoring.html
(00:13:49) Judging in general
https://wineeconomist.com/2008/02/09/wine-by-the-numbers-rating-the-wine-rating-systems/
How good critics really are
https://medium.com/the-global-wine-score/who-are-the-wine-critics-with-the-closest-ratings-to-the-global-wine-score-1bb5b3d117d0
(00:17:30) Jamie Goode’s article
https://wineanorak.com/2024/05/07/some-wines-are-beyond-criticism/
(00:20:47 ) Olivers Perspective
https://olivers-wines.com.au/the-choices-every-wine-critic-needs-to-make/
(00:22:53) Conclusion
