John LaCour wrote:

I'm a long time lurker and occassionly but rare poster.

Like many of you, I do read the reviews / tasting notes / scores from
various wine critics. What I have yet to do is understand the
difference in preferences between the critics and come to an
understanding which one(s) my personal preferences are aligned with.


I think that "understanding which one(s) [your] personal preferences are
aligned with" is exactly what you should do. If you know of someone who
likes the same things you do, you can buy what he recommends with confidence
that you will probably like it too.



So some questions for this group:

- Which wine critics are the best judges of quality wine in your
opinion?
- How would you describes the differences in preferences of, say,
Parker vs. Suckling?


But those two questions don't seem to gibe with your statement above. If you
want to find a critic whose tastes match yours, it shouldn't matter which
ones anyone else thinks are best, or what the differences are between any
two.

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Ken Blake
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I plan to do a blind tasting with my tasting group of wines where
critics seemed
to disagree on the quality of the wine. I imagine I'll need to some
some extensive research to find representative samples.

- Are there any wines that come to mind where different critics rated
them quite differently?

Thanks,
John