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Feature Article
Wine consultant Leo McCloskey's company, Enologix, analyzes mountains of data to advise wineries about how to make high-scoring wines.
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California (State Appellation)
Leo McCloskey is against wine scores...
...but for a fee will tell you how to obtain high ones.
Part 1 of a 2-Part Series
by
Alan Goldfarb
July 24, 2007
And here we all thought that McCloskey - the founder of the Sonoma, Ca. company Enologix that was formed to help producers “understand how ratings are good for the consumer” - was the industry’s frontman in its quest to chase ratings. More specifically, the coveted 90-plus score that Americans seem to lean on for their buying decisions, like a marionette that relies on its strings.
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