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Showing posts with label Rating System. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rating System. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Rating System

I know it is common to rate wines on many levels using a 100-point system or more than 100 points or even a percentage system. I find that those big numbers get a bit confusing and don't tell me what I want to know- should I buy this wine? I use a simpler approach, a 5-star rating system.

5 Stars-
A delicious wine that I highly recommend and will be buying more of it.

4 Stars-
Pretty good for the price, I would recommend it and probably buy it again if it was on sale.

3 Stars-
This is an average wine, nothing special but still drinkable.

2 Stars-
Not a very good wine at all, almost undrinkable, I would not
recommend it nor will I be buying it again.

1 Star-
Bad, bad, bad wine.

I try to use the whole star, but sometimes if I am really torn between two ratings I may have to throw a "1/2" on it.

Cheers!

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