This is more of a plea than an admonishment from Sostevinobile. If you are pouring at a trade tasting, please do not tell Your West Coast Oenophile (or anyone else, for that matter) what score Robert Parker or Wine Spectator gave you. Nor its Double Gold from some competition here or Colorado or wherever.
This information is only valuable for incentivizing someone to try your wine. It’s already in my glass. Please let me assess it without preconception or prejudice. Your pronouncement will only skew my assessment, and not necessarily favorably.
The only exception: if your wine is one of the 22 selections that did NOT win a medal at the San Francisco Chronicle Competition. THAT is a wine I want to try!
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