It’s Friday afternoon and you really want a bottle of wine to enjoy that night with dinner. You go into your local wine shop / supermarket / gun and wine shop (!) and peruse the shelves . . .but how to decide what to buy?

All of a sudden, you start noticing ‘beacons’ drawing you over to certain bottles – emblems noting that this specific wine won a gold medal at some wine competition; a shelf talker noting that this wine scored 92 points by Joe Bob Wine Reviewer. As you step back, you start to notice that a LOT of wines have some sort of rating or award noted . . .are they ALL that good?!?!? Read the rest of this entry »