#177 Pointless Points? Why Wine Ratings Might Be Broken

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