VintageCharts+
Solutions for the (retired) Wine Spectator VintageCharts+ app
All the great features you loved in VintageCharts+ are still available, now on two platforms! Our vintage charts will continue to be available at WineSp...
Wed, 3 Mar, 2021 at 6:44 PM
The free VintageChart+ web app has now been integrated into Wine Spectator Mobile at http://m.winespectator.com/ . It remains a free service for all of our ...
Sun, 21 Sep, 2014 at 1:51 PM
The wine world changes so rapidly that it's practically impossible to keep track of all the wines available. In restaurants and wine shops, you'll...
Thu, 19 Jun, 2014 at 12:51 PM
The vintage score indicates the general quality of the wines on Wine Spectator's 100-point scale. A vintage that has been fully evaluated is given a si...
Fri, 8 Aug, 2014 at 5:57 PM
A score range, rather than a single score, indicates preliminary analysis based on unfinished barrel samples or a limited sampling of bottled wines before m...
Sat, 8 Feb, 2014 at 6:29 AM
A "drink recommendation" suggests when most wines from the vintage will be at their best. These are general guidelines, not hard-and-fast rules. I...
Fri, 29 Aug, 2014 at 6:12 PM
"NYR" means most of the wines from the vintage have not yet been released; without sufficient evaluations based on blind tastings, we can not prov...
Sat, 8 Mar, 2014 at 10:32 AM
Wine Spectator's editors rate new vintages and provide updates on older vintages based on blind tastings and analysis of hundreds of wines from each reg...
Fri, 8 Aug, 2014 at 5:57 PM
We update each vintage chart at least once a year after we have tasted a sufficient number of wines from the latest vintage to provide a thorough, accurate ...
Fri, 8 Aug, 2014 at 5:57 PM
In most cases, we taste hundreds of wines before rating a vintage; at a minimum, for small subregions, we sample dozens of wines. For some wine types, blind...
Fri, 8 Aug, 2014 at 5:57 PM