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“No scoring system is perfect, but a system that provides for flexibility in scores, if applied by the same taster without prejudice, can quantify different levels of wine quality and provide the reader with one professional's judgment.”

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The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine.

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