I’m glad you enjoyed the post. I agree with your thoughts. I do not think wine scores are irrelevant, just limited. I do find more information useful. The anti-score cartel can sometimes forget that demanding a score-free world is a form of information control too.

Cheers,

Shea

This is a very thoughtful and interesting article. I think we Millenials benefit from having an ever-expanding group of peers with whom to compare notes, share costs, and drink wine. Not only are more wine stores opening that have an egalitarian, low-stress approach towards sales and education, there are a number of online resources (such as your blog!) that people can use to point them towards a great bottle. The traditional wine press a la Robert Parker still plays an important part, however: I’m of the impression that somewhere in the penumbras of online media, traditional print, and face-to-face conversation with wine stewards and friends are excellent, excellent bottles of wine.

Is it shameful to admit I still find scores valuable? I won’t bother listing the limitations of wine scores, as we’ve both noted these limitations on our blogs in the past, but I feel that the more information there is the better. The danger is when someone starts to rely solely on one source. This can lead to a narrowed scope of selection and, beyond that, can lead to the person missing out on so much of the fun of wine.

Discovery–QPR–food pairing–community–mystery–celebration–wine as produce–passion (and maybe even obsession). These are the ideas I associate with wine, and they’ve led me down a helluva enjoyable path.

Good point about the limit to the price. That is certainly true, as we have seen with downward pressure on cult wine prices. Most Millennials aren’t buying into cult wines the way their parents did.

Cheers,

Shea

On spending money and like we saw in the 90′s early 00s People were buying Cult wines getting on the mailing list buying to collect or as status, I mean us our generation we don’t have 500$ on a bottle [well I don't] I want quality and will pay a little more but there is a limit.

Commercial WIne Scores, I like how you didn’t talk down the scoring of wine [like some people think no one should be scored] but you know what we need that to build our reference point [ I do it for myself and post on CT so people know how I feel about a wine, so either A. they get a good deal or B. don't get 'ripped off' like me]

Great Post

Weston~

Although on more thought I do also think that this could describe a certain psychographic, but that if that is the case, most individuals within that psychographic would probably fall within the segment of the Millennial demographic I am talking about.

Well I think that the overlap with members of another demographic does not mean that these factors are not a good description of the demographic I am talking about. I doubt that any demographic statistics are necessarily limited to that demographic, only that they are a useful description of what trends tend to make the demographic I’m talking about tick.

In my experience, the 50+ boomer generation does not generally hold the views that you hold if you meet these criteria 10/10. Boomers were the basis for supporting score-based wine consumption, the status-oriented napa wine palaces, etc. Overall I would be shocked if most boomers identified with the characteristics I listed.

Josh,

No problem.

Looks like there was a misunderstanding from my part. I was not coming from the perspective of a GenY’er/Millenial who identified themselves as a wine appreciator.

Nice post!