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Wine Reviewing
Procedures
Overview
Ratings & descriptions
Quality Value Vintner Award (QVV)
What do we review?
Who reviews the wines?
Why do we review wines?
| Overview |
Enobytes reviews hundreds
of wines each year. Each rating is based on tastings
completed by the editor and other qualified panelists,
either individually or in a group setting.
Tastings can be conducted blind or in accordance
with the industry's rigorous standards. Our tasting
process focuses on six key characteristics which
include aroma, color, fruit, tannins, acidity and
finish - and although price is not a factor in assigning
a score, we consider the wine's value and quality
to be of equal importance.
All of these characteristics are used to calculate
a score based on a 100-point scale system. The following
information outlines our procedures and strategies
used to maintain the veracity of our wine reviews.
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| Rating |
Description |
| Below 69 |
Flawed |
| 70 - 79 |
Mediocre |
| 80 - 84 |
Good |
| 85 - 89 |
Very Good |
| 90 - 94 |
Exceptional |
| 95 - 100 |
One of A Kind |
| What
Is The Quality Value Vintner (QVV) Award? |
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A Quality Value
Vintner's Award (QVV) is something that is not obtained with
one vintage. These awards are given to vintners, who year
after year, bring to market quality products that represent
an outstanding value. |
| What
Do We Review? |
| We review wines from the around the world.
Most wines are submitted to us by wineries or their
U.S. importers. In addition, we purchase many wines
which are not submitted by the winery. |
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| Who
Reviews The Wines? |
| Enobytes has a small staff that reviews
wines from around the world. Their combined decades
of experience span across wine judging, sommelier,
winery consultation, restaurant management, hotel management,
retail, marketing, purchasing and a variety of guest
services experience throughout the Boston, San Francisco,
Portland, Chicago and Seattle markets. Our wine panel
includes:
Pamela Heiligenthal
Senior Editor & Tasting Director (tasting initials: PH)*
Marc Hinton
Editor at Large & Tasting Judge (tasting initials: MDME)*
John McReynolds
Editor at Large & Tasting Judge (tasting initials: JM)*
Rob Morris
Editor at Large & Tasting Judge (tasting initials: RM)*
*A wine panel's initials at the end of the tasting review indicate
that the rating and review were created specifically by that taster.
Wines that do not include initials at the end of the tasting review
are wines that were reviewed by two or more tasters.
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| Why
Do We Review Wines? |
| For the love of wine! That's why. We
want to educate our consumers and give you the power
to be comfortable with your wine purchasing decisions,
be it something to go with tonight's meatloaf or your
50th-year anniversary - and besides, year after year,
cool-aid has never had a great vintage, red or white! |
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