I guess I made my point at the Riesling Shoot-Out

[Don Giovanni]

FINGER LAKES RIESLINGS got a big boost this week: 10 rated over 90 points

I guess I made my point at the Riesling Shoot-Out 2008 Nov ...it feels good to be scored without biased...

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Originally Posted by Jim Trezise UNCORKNY

FINGER LAKES RIESLINGS got a big boost this week, with 10 receiving scores of 90 or above from Wine & Spirits magazine, the only major consumer wine magazine where the 90-point “glass ceiling” has truly been broken, and in this case shattered, for Finger Lakes Rieslings. The 90 or above scores went to Hermann J. Wiemer (Dry, Dry HJW Vineyard, and Dry Magdalena Vineyard), Dr. Konstantin Frank (Dry, and Semi-Dry), Sheldrake Point (Dry, and Riesling), Hosmer (Dry, and Riesling), and Rooster Hill. In the past, there have been a few sporadic 90 or better ratings for these wines in other publications, but generally 89 has been tops. For example, the December 15 Wine Spectator rates many of the same wines, with noticeably lower scores, like an 88 (the top score) for the Dr. Frank Dry Riesling that got 93 in Wine & Spirits, and an 87 for the Sheldrake Point Dry Riesling which received a 91. Why the difference? Some people say it’s all about money—if you advertise you get better ratings—while others vehemently deny any commercial connection. In any case, we don’t advertise in any of the publications, so it’s a moot point here. So is it the standards of the magazines, the palates of the tasters, some internal policy or quota system for 90 or above? Who knows? But there is a clear and longstanding pattern. In any case, Finger Lakes Rieslings are getting on the world’s wine map.

[rlibkind]

FINGER LAKES RIESLINGS got a big boost this week: 10 rated over 90 points

I guess I made my point at the Riesling Shoot-Out 2008 Nov ...it feels good to be scored without biased...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Trezise UNCORKNY

FINGER LAKES RIESLINGS got a big boost this week, with 10 receiving scores of 90 or above from Wine & Spirits magazine . . . . Finger Lakes Rieslings are getting on the world’s wine map.

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Shssssh! Don't tell anyone. The prices will go up!

[Don Giovanni]

FINGER LAKES RIESLINGS got a big boost this week: 10 rated over 90 points

I guess I made my point at the Riesling Shoot-Out 2008 Nov ...it feels good to be scored without biased...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Trezise UNCORKNY

FINGER LAKES RIESLINGS got a big boost this week, with 10 receiving scores of 90 or above from Wine & Spirits magazine . . . . Finger Lakes Rieslings are getting on the world’s wine map.

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Shssssh! Don't tell anyone. The prices will go up!

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I think they offer one of the best QPR wines in the world...