I'm thinking of making this my wine/entertaining/cooking blog.
Prof. Bainbridge has a
four-point scale.
As we know, the fewer degrees a scale has,
the more the ratings mean, because the standard is more rigorous.
My scale has three categories: I will drink this again, I may drink this again, or I wouldn't serve this to poor alcoholics.
Unsurprisingly, a lot of bad stuff falls into the bottom category: box wine, Mad Dog 20/20, etc.
A lot of good stuff falls into the second category: e.g., Dom Perignon, which is too expensive for whatever flavor differential it has over White Star. Also, anything by Cakebread (which are generally good wines, but not worth the sheckels- there is no way that a bottle of Chardonnay that tastes solely like oak is worth $36.00).
Most of the wines in the top category cost less than $35.00/bottle. Most are widely available. I am comfortable using most of these for cooking or drinking, although I prefer drinking. Every weekday, I will post one wine in each category. Let's see how far along I can get before running out of wines.
