On Jun 25, 4:38Â*pm, "Bi!!" > wrote:
> On Jun 25, 5:20�pm, Agent Red > wrote:
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> > On Jun 24, 10:33�am, Agent Red > wrote:
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> > > Greetings,
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> > > I am new to Usenet and am seeking your advice on what is appropriate
> > > to post here.
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> > (snip)
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> > I REALLY appreciate all of the feedback and advice, and I look forward
> > to sharing my reviews and my thoughts on other wines discussed.
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> > I hope that this will be a forum for me to learn about great new
> > wines.
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> > Top Secret regards,
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> > Agent Red
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> Just a couple of thoughts. Â*I did visit your site and I couldn't find
> any calibration for your 100 point scale so I don't really know what
> the difference is between a 100 point wine or a 89 point wine. Â*I also
> noticed that a lot Â*of wines recieved scores of 95-100 points which
> concerns me a bit considering that these are wines that you're
> selling. Â*Nice selection of wines a pretty good variety of locales and
> varietals. Â*The site was a bit too campy for me with the secret agent
> stuff.

We appreciate all feedback. Thank you.

Let me address both of your points:

First, we are not big fans of the 100 point scale and we will replace
this with a 5 point scale in .5 point increments (is that really just
a 10-point scale?) in the next few months.

Secondly, when our in-house Wine Spies (those that are employed by The
Wine Spies), we almost always post a more brief rated review beneath
our full review. Our Operatives (that's what we call our customers)
also post reviews - and those can tend to run in the 95 to 100 point
range. Personally, I don't recall ever rating a wine above 95. Long
story short, the point rating that you see there is the average rating
that a wine receives from all of those that rate it. When a wine
shows with a 100 point rating, it likely means that an over-
enthusiastic fan posted a 100 point review, and an in-house Spy did
not.

Also, with only 365 days in a year and thousands of wines to choose
from, we are very careful about which wines do end up for sale on our
site. It is because of this that we have built such a loyal
following. People have come to rely on the quality of our picks and
our reviews.

If you have any ideas, we would love to hear your suggestions for a
replacement scale. One through five Spy Shades? Do half-point
increments make sense?

Thanks, again.

Top Secret regards,

Agent Red, Founding Partner
The Wine Spies, LLC