Great Bargain Wines

[sundaynfl]

For those of you that enjoy Desert Wines, I highly recommend R.L. Buller and Son, Fine Muscat. It is a non-vintage wine that can be found at Cosco for around $11 - 13 in a .375. It would go great with Bier's stuffing recipe! Has a generous amount of sun dried raisen's! I think that it's rated in the high 90's by either Parker or the Speculator.

[detlef]

Parker is the one who loves it. I do agree that it's a fine value, but I've started taking all Parker's ratings on dessert wines with a grain of salt. When is the last time you saw him rate anything sweet less than high 80s? Honestly, I can't remember anything below 90. Meanwhile, classic Burgundies are getting 87 pts.

 

Honestly, I'd bet he'd give Coca Cola an 88.

 

I think it just comes down to the fact that sweet things taste good. The easiest way to fix a sauce is to add a bit of sugar (or butter of course).

[wiegie]

I've started taking all Parker's ratings... with a grain of salt.

 

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the same can be said of his vintage charts:

 

http://www.erobertparker.com/info/vintagechart1.asp

 

In the past 10 years, he has only ranked 11 of 293 vintages as "average" and only 2 as "below average" or worse.

 

So, only 3.7% of all vintages have been average and only about .5% have been below average.

 

Kind of makes you wonder if Parker flunked basic statistics.

[Azazello1313]

the same can be said of his vintage charts:

 

http://www.erobertparker.com/info/vintagechart1.asp

 

In the past 10 years, he has only ranked 11 of 293 vintages as "average" and only 2 as "below average" or worse.

 

So, only 3.7% of all vintages have been average and only about .5% have been below average.

 

Kind of makes you wonder if Parker flunked basic statistics.

 

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or maybe he generally refrains from drinking/reviewing wines he thinks are "average?" maybe his mom taught him that if he doesn't have anything nice to say he shouldn't say it.