<Ronin> wrote in message ...
>> WS is a joke. What value it has is mostly to wine shops who can use it
>> to sell lesser-known wines that may have some merit. The ads, though,
>> of course, are all from the big distributors. What good information WS
>> may contain is available in many books. Ratings are utterly worthless.
>> I have no reason to trust them whatsoever. Insofar as WS presents
>> itself as a source of ratings, therein I despise it. I despise the
>> very concept of ratings.

I wish I had not listened to Wine Advocate, Antonio Galloni gave 92 pts. to
DEI Vino Nobile de Montepulciano 2003, which I just opened for lunch. Wine
Spectator gave it 84. The grapes we Prugnolo, Canaiolo, Mammolo
Should've carried a magazine in.
Dee Dee