Wine Shows: Are the 100 point score totals useful or just confusing? The Winemakers Federation of Australia (WFA) have announced this week that they're reviewing the Code of Practice for the …
A question of scoring and barrel samples + some smart 2013 Craggy Range Sophia components Where do you stand on the scoring of unfinished wines (barrel and tank samples)? Personally, I've always …
Wine Scoring - what do you want to see?I'm at the crossroads.After growing up (in a sense) with one scoring scale - the 20 point Australian wine show scoring - …
Scoring wines is such a contentious notion, with everyone having an opinion on it one way or another. Some people hate points, deciding that a single number hardly sums up …
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say, I discovered wine, and my life evolved with a unique dual focus - wine and the environment.
Twenty one years later and I spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer. and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more