where are the personal taste ratings? (reds)

[Thomas]

Let me refrain from truly weighing in on ratings and just say that I agree with Bucko.

But--a big but--until we become a wine-consuming culture (and we aren't even close to close) ratings will be around in one form or another; they build careers, sell magazines and sell wine. After all, we remain a horse-race mentality culture; just look at how elect politicians....what's his/her rating today--I better vote for that one, everyone else is.