Joe Pollack has been writing about wine since 1972 and doesn’t like numbers, believing that if you give a wine 100 points, you’re saying you will never taste anything better, which is exactly what you hope for every time you drink wine. Pollack likes hearty reds, like the Norton of Missouri, Italian Primitivo, big Syrahs and Cabs that make a steak dinner sing. His exception to that rule is provided by a Provencal rose on a summer picnic.