Wine scores: One more time

The Wine Curmudgeon can ?t believe he missed this one: Retailers sometimes put the wrong scores on wines. A Washington Post spot check in January found that 25 percent of 100 displays did not truthfully represent the wines they advertised.

Shocking? Perhaps. But not surprising. I have spent a lot of time lately discussing wine scores, and this is just another fault. And, believe it or not, I ?m not the only one who feels that scores are a scourge on the Republic. Others are out there, fighting the good fight ?

? The Wine Camp Blog, which calls itself a wine free zone.

? My pal, W.R. Tish, the Abraham Lincoln for all of us who oppose scores.

? The great Jancis Robinson, whose piece discussing scores is among the best I ?ve seen.

? The legendary Dan Berger. Not everyone has the guts to write that ?I refer to the prejudice that some reviewers have for lower-priced wine. Their reasoning goes: ?If the wine isn't selling for a lot of money, it's probably not very good. So it probably deserves a score of 85 or so. Now let's taste it. ? ?