harvey steiman at large

Where Do Hard-to-Find Wines Fit?

How much wine must be available for a wine to be reviewed?
Posted: Oct 31, 2011 12:10pm ET

It's inescapable that many of the world's greatest wines are available to us in extremely small quantities. It has always been thus, but today, as more and more wine regions make wines that challenge the classics, the sheer numbers give me pause. With more than 2 million readers, I constantly ask myself how much readers care about a wine I just tasted that rates 88 points, costs $50 and only 185 cases exist of it. The answer is, not much. But the Internet may be changing that ...

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