Great piece today, Paul. Wish I was prepared to spend $270 on a bottle...even if I was on their list! For grins, I looked up how many 100s were given by Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate. For red wine only: WS had 36 (of 270,085 total red wines in their database); WA had 756 (of 290,333). So WA gives about about 20x more 100s than WS.
Thanks Bruce. Interesting stats - thanks for doing the research. I'd guess that the Advocate (back when Parker was running the show) had more access to rare and cultish wines, plus all the first growth BDX and DRC level Burgs. That may have run up the 100 pointers. Still, it proves my point that they remain quite rare.
Great piece today, Paul. Wish I was prepared to spend $270 on a bottle...even if I was on their list! For grins, I looked up how many 100s were given by Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate. For red wine only: WS had 36 (of 270,085 total red wines in their database); WA had 756 (of 290,333). So WA gives about about 20x more 100s than WS.
Thanks Bruce. Interesting stats - thanks for doing the research. I'd guess that the Advocate (back when Parker was running the show) had more access to rare and cultish wines, plus all the first growth BDX and DRC level Burgs. That may have run up the 100 pointers. Still, it proves my point that they remain quite rare.
Seems like they should be!