Word of Mouth vs. Experts; Who Do You Trust?

Word of Mouth vs. Experts; Who Do You Trust?

I recently came across a conversation in the Wine Scholar Guild’s community section titled “Is it time to ditch wine scores?” The discussion was created by Justin Martindale, MW. He brought up the dialogue about wine score inflation.  This is not an old topic. In fact, back in 2013 Wine Spectator, James Laub wrote “Anyone who…