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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!

 


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