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 b...
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 sin...
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 regi...
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