Last night, I was at Morrell’s Wine Bar in Midtown Manhattan with a friend who is preparing for the Master of Wine exam. We were chatting amongst ourselves when the gentleman next to us asks about the different “wine programs” we were discussing. Being the friendly people that wine drinkers tend to be, […]

You may have seen the NY Times article this weekend about the major wine rating systems:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/business/yourmoney/13rate.html?pagewanted=4&ei=5087&en=604e8ee26f41a280&ex=1171166400&mkt=bizphoto
I will say that I am guilty of using the rating systems as a guide. I think in today’s wine world you have to use something because there is too much wine in the world to go buying everything […]