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Scoring or rating a wine can be a contentious issue with wine enthusiasts. Some believe "rating" a wine to be completely unnecessary - even distracting. Others feel that it punctuates any real description of a wine. I do both. Sometimes I score, or rate, a wine I taste; other times I let the description speak for itself.

Alpha-Numeric Equivalents

I use an alpha scoring method to express my opinion of a wine. Here's how my alpha scores compare to the more commonly used numerical scoring system.

Score	100 pt. scale	Pt. spread
A+	96-100	5
A	93-95	3
A-	90-92	3
B+	88-89	2
B	86-87	2
B-	84-85	2
C+	82-83	2
C	80-81	2
C-	78-79	2
	ugh!