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Doug Freyburger wrote:
> Storrmmee wrote:
>> where do you trust for the ratings? Lee

>
> Various wine magazines. I understand that I should not trust a rating
> done by the store selling the wine, but the argreement among the various
> wine magazines is good enough that I don't need to worry about it. So
> what if a $100 bottle get rated a 98 when there's a $13 bottle that got
> a 96. I'm not going to be able to tell that level of difference.


Consumers Reports often does comparisons of lower priced wines that they
rate as acceptably good. When buying basic table wines I've referred to
their recommendations at times.