The story I've heard from several people in the industry is that the folks at Wine Spectator are very heavily influenced by the advertising dollars they receive from wineries. I have heard one story repeated to me by several people of an Italian vintner who once said something negative regarding Wine Spectator and the scoring system, and his wines went from receiving excellent reviews to getting very low marks. Other critics were still marking his wines quite favourably. I myself have strongly disagreed with Wine Spectator on many bottlings, and sometimes I do notice that wineries that have a lot of advertising space in the magazine tend to get better than they deserve. On the whole though, I don�t think it�s as bad as some people say.
We would really like to hear what you have to say
You are currently logged on as a Guest User. In order for you to
make comments on harvey you need to have your own account. Please
Signup for an Account now.
