Monday, February 25, 2008

The Best Wine Rating Scale Ever!

LOL - I love this one and think you'll find the humor in it as well. Even though it's very tongue-in-cheek, the message is still true! Can you name one 97point+ Wine that's available for sale at realistic prices?

Wine X's New 1,000.00 Point Scale In an effort to conform to wine industry expectations and garner support from an industry that's content on only reaching a sliver of the adult population, Wine X introduces its new 1,000.00 point scale. Written with the trade in mind in winegeek language that even they won't understand (but embrace because it's a "point" system), it's the perfect vehicle to help wineries unload their product on distributors. After that, who cares, right? As long as it's out of the winery it's sold!
1,000.00 Scale
- 999.99 - 1,000.00 = You can't find or afford it

- 988.99 - 999.98 = You may be able to find it, but you still can't afford it
- 977.99 - 988.98 = You must be on their waiting list to be on their mailing list
- 966.99 - 977.98 = Even if you're on their mailing list you can only buy one bottle
- 955.99 - 966.98 = If you brown nose the winemaker you might be able to get two bottles
- 944.99 - 955.98 = Production was more than 100 cases but less than 105933.99 - 944.98 = Winemaker is cute
- 922.99 - 933.98 = So is their spouse
- 911.99 - 922.98 = The highest we'll score wines with no oak
- 900.99 - 911.98 = The lowest we'll score wines with too much oak
- 899.99 - 900.98 = Pure crap

http://www.vinography.com/archives/2004/03/had_enough_of_the_100_point_ra.html



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