The most widely used marketing tool for wine is the score.

In just about every wine shop you'll find tags on the shelves stating that the above wine got a score from some self-anointed wine expert that supposedly indicates its quality.

But have you ever asked: On what was the score based? Is a wine with a score of 88 really 2 points better than one getting an 86?

Or, more importantly, just how was a score determined? How qualified is that expert at rating wine? And was th ...

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