I have had questions and emails about the rating I use on this website when discussing wine. I go by the Robert Parker 100 point scale, which is actually just a 50 point scale since the wine pretty much gets 50 points just for fermenting grapes. The scale “offically” breaks down like this:
Extraordinary ’95-100 points’
Outstanding ’90-94′
Very Good to Excellent ’85-89′
Good ’80-84′
Average ’75-79′
Below average ’70-74′
Avoid ’50-70′
Now, that does still leave a lot of room for wines to rate and still be worth drinking. But you need to also look at the price and then decide if it is a good value for you. So from now on, I will be putting prices on the wines I review. These will be retail prices here in Texas, or the price I paid for it when it was shipped to me. Either way, it is the price I paid, or would have paid if I had purchased at a retailer.
If you would like more information on the Robert Parker scale, check out the offical Robert Parker Scale Legend.
