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The relationship (or lack thereof) between scores, prices and appellations

January 22, 2015

Summary:

  • Scores, prices and appellations of wines from a subset of premium wines, continue to be unpredictable.  No statistical modeling I know of could accurately predict one variable from the two others.

  • Sub-appellations produce higher scores and prices than...

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AVA Appraisals: The Best Return on Investment for your Vineyard Operation

January 15, 2015

I know I haven’t posted anything for quite a while, but I’m still very busy with work.  I’m thinking of writing an article about AVA appraisals for one of the trade magazines.  At the same time, I’m doing a study on the interplay between appellation, price and reviewer...

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