Winner By a Nose

摘要

Look in any wine store and you can't miss them-those little tags that tell you this wine is rated 87 or 93. The scores, awarded by a handful of influential wine critics, are meant to help consumers. Often they lead to more confusion. What makes one Napa merlot an 86 and another a 90? Whose scores should you rely on? Does it even make sense to assign a numerical value to something as subjective as wine? Good questions, mostly unanswerable. Still, if you understand what's behind the numbers, you can use them to enhance your wine-drinking experience.