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[The Wine Economist] Which Wine Magazine? « The Wine Economist: My students weren’t willing to choose a “world’s best wine magazine.” They could see strengths and weaknesses in all three.  One student said it boiled down to a trade-off between accessibility (Wine Spectator) and authenticity (the more detailed analysis of terroir you find in publications like Wine Advocate) and there’s no perfect balance between them.

[1 Wine Dude] Wine.com Top 100 of 2009 and the Not-So-Changing Tide of Wine ...: Are there implications for this about wine buying and the influence of social media and non-print wine publications? I certainly think so.  While a sea change has already taken place in how consumers get their information about wine (away from traditional media and towards on-line and social networking recommendations), that sea change has not yet dampened the socks on the feet of those to whom wine consumers turn to solidify their buying decisions.

[Free Pursuits] Cheap vs. Expensive Wine: Can You Taste the Difference? - Free ...: While unrelated to wine (although I *do* love a good glass…or 8….and don’t discriminate against the Franzia boxed variety, either), the saying you quoted above just goes to reflect our society’s erroneous thought patterns that more money = better, as you said. I often ponder all of the implications that probably result from that, but the point is that it’s interesting to study these sayings and phrases that we often take to heart and guide our lives with, and notice the values that are reflected as a means of understanding ourselves, and others.

[Consumerist: PSAs] Totally Fake Restaurant Wins <em>Wine Spectator</em> Award of ...: @dodongo: If they list, as they do, their scoring rubric and have 75 as "an average wine, unremarkable either way" (sorry, don't have a copy of WS handy to look at the exact text), then they should make at least an attempt to have the average (either mean or median, I don't care which) around 75. But, when more than 3/4 of the wines listed in a near-encyclopedic review of wine from 2007 score over 80, there's something seriously (statistically) wrong.

[Pendock Uncorked] 2010: Year of the Nose | Pendock Uncorked: After all, Warhol was a great admirer of scribbling society, recalling “I admire people who do well with words, though, and I thought Truman Capote filled up space with words so well that when I first got to New York I began writing short fan letters to him and calling him on the phone every day until his mother told me to quit it.”

[STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG] STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG » Blog Archive » Spectator's top wine a ...: When I began at Wine Enthusiast, fresh off my stint at Wine Spectator, the decision already had been made by our management to be a (hopefully refreshing) alternative, which is to say a magazine dedicated to the average wine consumer, not merely the collector. That was a philosophy I could buy into, because I have always been an average wine consumer, if by “average” you mean someone who doesn’t have the means to buy lots of expensive bottles.

[ColumbusUnderground.com] Ohio vs Michigan Wine Clash 2009 Results | ColumbusUnderground.com: “There were a lot of good wines from both states,” commented one of the judges, “and I hope that people will give them a chance. Restaurants and consumers are starting to care a lot about local produce and wines should follow.” Another commented that it was a treat to taste the wines as neither state’s distribution system currently offers consumers any wines from the other state.

[Diner's Journal] Sour Grapes - Diner's Journal Blog - NYTimes.com: When I first read about this, I thought it was kind of funny, but after reading Amanda Hesser’s article and the response by the Wine Spectator article, I don’t think Goldstein’s accomplishment is all that great. This is what I especially don’t like (if true) from the WS editor:

[Table Hopping] Which reds to drink at Dale Miller? - Table Hopping - Steve Barnes ...: You are partially right…I met him twice in France and, actually tasted the same four wines and I must say, as far as I am concerned, he was 1000% on target and they were all Pinot Noirs – perhaps you may be referring to domestic Pinot Noirs…well, from what I gathered when I met him, he is very particular when he rates the American Pinot Noirs as you well know, there is such a great distance in taste between the Burgundy ones and the American –

[STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG] STEVE HEIMOFF| WINE BLOG » Blog Archive » Corporate sponsorship ...: I don’t know much about wine or the wine industry, but I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that people that like wine enough to read wine blogs a.) have enough disposable income to spend on wine and other luxuries and b.) also like cheese. In the case of a.), other luxury goods makers could easily sponsor a post about wine (for example: a car company).

[Dr Vino's wine blog] Fictitious restaurant wins Wine Spectator Award of Excellence | Dr ...: Beyond this we also note that the Wine Spectator also declines to tell its readers exactly how its tastings are conducted, whether the wines are presented random or grouped by price and region, are they double blind, what attributes in wine merit points, how points are assigned, how the 100 point system actually works, and, aside from when the taster is initialed, who tasted the wine and what their qualifications are as a judge of wine quality? Instead they give you a number and tell you the barest of information about what a range of scores represents.

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