Failure Reset from Zero to Fifty

dadofsam
Thu, 22 May 2008 17:20:41 +0000

Unless things have changed since I last subscribed, this is the same principle underlying the 100-point scoring system for wines in the Wine Spectator magazine.

That is, a wine received 50 points simply for existing. No wine could possibly score less than 50 unless it had no color, no taste, and no aroma. The remaining 50 points had to be earned.