"Hunt" > wrote in message
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>
> With the extreme pressure to rate the wines, without benefit of marketing,
> advertising $'s, or even public opinion, I'd side with the WS tasters to
do
> the best that they can. I may be wrong in this assessment of their
situation,
> but I think that a scandal within their publication would totally
undermine
> their advertising revenue.

Actually, I doubt it would be a "scandal", and anyway I'm sure the
advertisers love having their wines rated highly.