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Points: A Winemaker's Take on Critics

May 2007
 
by Tom Ferrell
 
His cellar was new. From the vintages, it looked like he had collected wine for about a decade. I spied a couple of my wines on the rack, so I commented facetiously, "It's obvious your wines are well chosen." Missing my drift, he replied, "Yes, every wine in this cellar has at least 95 points from either the Wine Advocate or the Wine Spectator." To this collector, it was all about points.
 

 
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